Online: Govbot: Decentralized Government Data Meets AI Analysis — Built for Citizens and Activists #664

Zoom @ 7pm

We’ll be hearing from one of our very own breakout groups - Govbot (formerly WindyCivi)!

Legislative data is hard to parse, track, and organize—and existing solutions can disappear overnight, like Google’s Civic Information API did in 2024. What would a decentralized, open-source alternative look like?

Govbot offers three components:

• a decentralized data catalog, including legislative data from all 50 states and territories
• a framework for an efficient private AI model to tag bills based on topic,
• frameworks for using the data in various ways: analyze it with SQL via DuckDB, visualize it with a custom website, or automate it using social media bots.

Built on forever-free tools, Govbot gives activists, journalists, and citizens the framework to track and analyze legislation without dependence on centralized platforms.

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6:30pm: ChiCommons/Chi Hack Night Pre-Party
Socialize, touch base, and share what you plan on doing at Chi Hack Night

• Join: https://bit.ly/CHN-pre-party

7:00pm - Livestream presentation
Announcements and feature presentation with Q&A

• Join: https://bit.ly/chi-hack-night

8:00pm - Civic hacking
3-word intros, community announcements & breakout group pitches

• Join: https://bit.ly/chi-hack-night
• Follow the agenda for Intros, announcements and breakout groups
• After intros and announcements, we will break out into learning and working groups

As always, our Code of Conduct will be in effect for this event.