Alaska marijuana regulators have rejected a marijuana handler training course after the board’s chair raised concerns that portions appeared to have been generated using artificial intelligence and contained numerous factual errors, including references to regulations that do not exist.
The Marijuana Control Board considered 360training.com Inc.’s “Alaska Marijuana Handler Permit Training” today as part of the course’s required three-year review. The matter had previously been tabled at the board’s June meeting. Official state materials identify the course as MHCP 037.
During the discussion, Chair Bailey Stuart pointed to numerous problems with the course and questioned whether artificial intelligence had been used to produce its content.
Among the issues Stuart identified were sections that cited regulations that do not exist and guidance telling marijuana workers that identification does not need to be checked when a customer appears older than 35. Stuart said that is not Alaska’s policy.
That distinction is particularly significant because determining valid identification is one of the subjects Alaska specifically requires marijuana handler education courses to cover. State course requirements also require instruction on Alaska marijuana statutes and regulations, marijuana impairment, unlawful consumption and penalties for unlawful acts.
The board ultimately voted to reject the course’s reapproval, but said the company could submit a new course for consideration.
