Abstract: The rapid development and wide application of artificial intelligence technology have brought new opportunities and challenges to public governance. CiteSpace software is used to conduct a bibliometric analysis of domestic and foreign literature published in core journals in the past decade. Through keyword co-occurrence and cluster comparative analysis, the research hot topics and development trends of artificial intelligence and public governance are analyzed. The current research contents on artificial intelligence and public governance at home and abroad mainly cover two dimensions: regarding artificial intelligence as a new tool and driving factor for governance, and analyzing the role of its application in enabling transformation; regarding artificial intelligence as an object of governance, and analyzing its potential risks and governance paths. Domestic and foreign research topics have their own focuses, but there are many consensuses in terms of enabling effects, potential risks, and development ethics. Future research can be expanded in topics and directions such as the refinement of new paradigms for intelligent governance, the detailed analysis of artificial intelligence technology types, the empirical research on artificial intelligence and public governance, and the construction of China’s local scenarios.