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Homeland Security is testing AI to help with immigration, trafficking investigations, and disaster relief
The department is rolling out AI pilot programs within USCIS, FEMA, and Homeland Security Investigations.
Through partnership with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, DHS will test out AI models to help its agents with a wide array of tasks, including investigating child sex abuse materials, training immigration officials, and creating disaster relief plans. HSI investigators, meanwhile, will be able to more quickly search its internal databases for details on suspects, which DHS claims could “lead to increases in detection of fentanyl-related networks” and “aid in identification of perpetrators and victims of child exploitation crimes.” In February, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to Mountain View, California — famously the headquarters of Google — to recruit AI talent, and wooed potential candidates by stressing that the department is “incredibly” open to remote workers.
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