I am neither fan nor critic of NY Gov. Hochul, but in this instance I applaud her initiative to get rid of antiquated rules and regulations.

... despite the widespread access to email, there are more than 350 instances where the law requires documents to be transmitted via fax or the United States Postal Service.

These are just a few of the outdated and burdensome requirements flagged in a new artificial intelligence project ordered up by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The effort, called Regulatory Reset, will deploy A.I. to comb though roughly 18 million words of codified statute to find references to fees; signature or notary requirements; fax, mail, telegraph and other outdated technologies; as well as task forces, councils and mandatory reports.

More governments should be doing this.