{"id":15066643,"date":"2026-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/michigans-use-of-ai-to-process-snap-applications-draws-concerns-about-past-automation-failures\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:05:53","slug":"michigans-use-of-ai-to-process-snap-applications-draws-concerns-about-past-automation-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/michigans-use-of-ai-to-process-snap-applications-draws-concerns-about-past-automation-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan\u2019s use of AI to process SNAP applications draws concerns about past automation failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ogden_images\/www.dailypress.net\/images\/2026\/03\/26134907\/591A0329e-1536x1023-1-1100x733.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div>The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has begun using artificial intelligence to help boost the number of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cases it can review, a department official told members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on DHHS last week. While discussing efforts to comply with new federal requirements, David Knezek, the department\u2019s chief [\u2026]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypress.net\/news\/regional-news\/2026\/03\/michigans-use-of-ai-to-process-snap-applications-draws-concerns-about-past-automation-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech \u2013 Ai \u2013 rss.app #2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has begun using artificial intelligence to help boost the number of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cases it can review, a department official told members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on DHHS 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