Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson will allow city workers to use an artificial-intelligence assistant as part of their daily work, she said Monday, lifting a pause on the technology that she put in place earlier this year. Workers can now use Microsoft Copilot “for day-to-day tasks,” she wrote. More publicly available AI tools — such as ChatGPT — will be blocked. “We want to equip our teams with the tools they need to create, learn, and do their best work while having peace of mind that these tools won’t violate the public’s trust and privacy, harm the people we serve, or take away our employees’ jobs,” she said. The announcement was part of a broader outlook for AI in Seattle that lays out in general terms Wilson’s hopes for balancing the technology while promising more specific legislation in the future. “I am committed to using the City’s public policymaking power to shape an AI future that centers human flourishing and ensures we do not socialize the costs of AI or privatize all of its benefits,” she said.…