The Codcast

CommonWealth Beacon

Tune into spirited debate, local stories, and insightful analyses with The Codcast. Hosted each week by a CommonWealth Beacon reporter, the half-hour policy podcast delves into the heart of Massachusetts’s most pressing and intriguing topics. Hear newsmakers, historians, and policy experts tackle statewide housing struggles, immigration policies, little-known histories, surprising political fights, and even take to the sea to visit rising offshore wind turbines.

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The Codcast

Episodes (463)

Apr 6th What it means that a state “AI assistant” will handle your data (with Technology Sec. Jason Snyder)
Mar 30th How is your experience of primary care?
Mar 30th How is your experience of primary care?

The Codcast

Apr 6, 2026
32 minutes
29 MB

This week on The Codcast, we dig into the new partnership between Massachusetts and OpenAI to roll out an AI assistant to help with daily governmental tasks. Jennifer Smith, reporter for CommonWealth Beacon, is joined by Technology Secretary Jason Snyder, who says his goals include “democratizing innovation” and helping streamline bureaucratic systems like the DMV. Snyder discusses the contract with OpenAI, concerns around data privacy and bias in AI systems, and explains why the state is leaning so hard into AI adoption. . Host: Jennifer Smith, senior reporter at CommonWealth Beacon . Guest: Jason Snyder, Massachusetts Secretary of Technology . Former Episodes on AI...

The Codcast

What it means that a state “AI assistant” will handle your data (with Technology Sec. Jason Snyder)

CommonWealth Beacon

00:00 -31:45