OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed an executive order directing state agencies to study uses for artificial intelligence that makes new text, images, videos and audio — known as generative AI — and to write initial guidelines for its use. The order comes as artificial intelligence has become a more prominent issue since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022. Inslee said state agencies will work with WaTech, which runs the state’s technology and information security services, to look at how feasible it is to integrate AI into their operations and services, and to determine the “be…