New York uses AI to review all state rules

New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed she is using artificial intelligence to analyze "every rule" of the American state. The goal is to review the huge catalog of state regulations, find contradictory, outdated or redundant norms and simplify bureaucracy. Instead of teams taking months to read thousands of pages, AI does the initial scan and points out what deserves human attention.

The announcement reflects a growing trend: governments and companies have started using language models to digest gigantic volumes of text. Laws, decrees and regulations pile up for decades, and no one can read everything. AI is good exactly at that: summarizing, comparing and linking documents at scale. American states and countries like Brazil, known for complex bureaucracy, face the same challenge of modernizing old rules.

For those learning AI in Brazil, the news is an excellent example of real application: it's not a robot, not science fiction — it's a language model doing what it does best, which is reading and organizing text at scale. The case shows that knowing how to talk to these tools to analyze documents has become a valued skill in offices, public agencies, law and accounting — strong fields in the Brazilian market.

You can apply the same logic in everyday life: send a rental contract to an AI and ask for a summary of points to watch; compare bid notices; organize condo or company rules; or review paperwork for an INSS benefit. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini accept documents and answer questions about them — the same technique used by the New York government, only in your pocket.

Practical advice: practice with documents from your daily life — send a PDF to the AI and ask for a summary, questions and risk points. But remember two cautions: never share sensitive personal data unnecessarily and always check the answers, because AI can make mistakes or invent information. Also keep an eye on similar initiatives in Brazil: city halls and courts are already testing AI to speed up public services.