The IRS wants its own version of ‘The Sims’ – By Andrew Eversden (Federal Times) / April 10 2020
The IRS wants to play “The Sims” at work.
Well, it’s own version of the popular life-simulation video game, that is. According to a new request for information posted April 9 by the tax agency, it’s asking industry for its own, IRS mission-specific version of the game.
The IRS is looking for an “interactive prototype that simulates real-life events (similar to those that drive popular video games like ‘The Sims’) when its populated with statistical data about United States (US) household incomes and family sizes to create, track and generate output triggers for tax-related events,” the RFI read.
The tax agency is also requesting a report on artificial intelligence- and non-AI-based data modeling or prototyping tools for the government to simulate real-life events.
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