The bill was introduced in response to Gotion Inc., a CCP-affiliated company, exploring ways to take advantage of green energy tax credits while planning new battery manufacturing plants in Michigan and Illinois. Investigations by the House Select Committee on the CCP found that Gotion’s China-based parent company, Gotion High-Tech, is subsidized by the Chinese government and explicitly required to carry out Party activities in accordance with the CCP Constitution.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Maybe Pritzker will take note?