{"name":"Applied AI in Guam — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Guam, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/guam","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Guam","slug":"guam","iso2":"GU","region":"Asia-Pacific"},"counts":{"entries":6,"deployments":1,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":4,"industries":3,"countries":1,"linked":6},"entries":[{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Legal & Professional Services","region":"Guam","org":"Supreme Court of Guam","text":"Guam's Supreme Court fined attorney Rachel Taimanao-Ayuyu $500 for AI use in court filing that left a brief riddled with errors. Chief Justice Katherine Maraman and Associate Justice Robert Torres found the document unmoored from existing law, faulting Taimanao-Ayuyu for skipping a thorough check of the machine-drafted text. She admitted leaning on generative AI without confirming its accuracy, and now follows a written policy on generative AI use in legal filings alongside continuing legal education on ethical AI practice.","date":"2026-07-27","source":"https://www.postguam.com/news/local/another-lawyer-gets-sanctions-over-ai-issue/article_9f2c13c2-9e37-4d7b-a35a-a52de809bf5c.html"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Legal & Professional Services","region":"Guam","org":"Supreme Court of Guam","text":"A $500 sanction hit attorney Michael Phillips over AI hallucinations in legal brief work before the Supreme Court of Guam. Chief Justice Katherine Maraman found he skipped the required check under the Judiciary of Guam's AI policy, which permits AI use but mandates verifying unverified AI-generated content in court filings first. The case involved the Guam Legislature's dispute over the governor's power to establish hospitals.","date":"2026-07-09","source":"https://www.postguam.com/news/local/guam-supreme-court-sanctions-phillips-on-ai-issue/article_e3840321-95d9-46dc-a97f-04f8b4ea1334.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Guam","org":"Guam Department of Labor","text":"Almost every employee at Guam's Department of Labor has begun AI training for government staff, a partnership arrangement with the University of Guam. Built by UOG's Global Learning and Engagement unit alongside Pacific AI Media & Communications, the coursework launched with a module titled 'AI Literacy and Foundations', walking participants through fundamental ideas, available tools and rules for responsibly applying an artificial intelligence literacy programme inside government work. Two additional sessions remain, intended to guide workers toward folding AI into routine tasks.","date":"2026-01-29","source":"https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/guam-s-labor-department-begins-ai-training"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Guam","org":"38th Guam Legislature","text":"Guam AI regulation now runs through a 12-member Guam Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Task Force, born from Public Law 38-77 once Acting Governor Josh Tenorio put his signature on the Guam Legislature's Bill 64-38 on 16 December 2025. That statute slots Chapter 16 into Title 5 of the Guam Code Annotated and pulls together the Homeland Security director, chief technology officer, University of Guam president, legislative speaker, chief justice, and two figures from private industry to sit on this AI regulatory task force. Inside a two-year window the panel owes drafted AI rules covering both government and commerce, plus progress updates every four months.","date":"2025-12-16","source":"https://www.postguam.com/news/local/artificial-intelligence-task-force-now-law/article_fbfa8a37-9cb6-4e70-b549-6934cead0b9d.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Manufacturing, Energy & Resources","region":"Guam","role":"Grid and power system operator","org":"Guam Power Authority","text":"Guam Power Authority will deploy AI weather forecasting for its electric grid through the ARMOR project, backed by $1.62 million in US federal grants. A Total Sky Imager uses machine learning cloud cover predictions to help operators adjust generation in real time and respond to storm-related outages.","date":"2025-11-13","source":"https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/guam-to-deploy-ai-driven-technology-to-facilitate-quick-power-restoration-during-storms"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Guam","org":"Supreme Court of Guam","text":"A hallucination dispute in May 2026 traced back to Administrative Order 2025-001, the rule Chief Justice Katherine Maraman of Guam's Supreme Court had invoked against an attorney over a flawed legal brief. That order, forming the Judiciary of Guam Policy on Artificial Intelligence, binds AI use in court filings to the Guam Rules of Professional Conduct already covering lawyers, jurists and unrepresented parties. Anyone submitting AI-generated legal content in court must personally confirm its accuracy first.","date":"2025-05-01","source":"https://www.guampdn.com/news/chief-justice-orders-attorney-for-legislature-to-respond-over-error-filled-suspected-ai-generated-brief/article_68db98e4-9ede-4139-a54b-d389c862a022.html"}]}