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AI Use by the US Government

The Trump administration disclosed 3,611 active or planned AI use cases across the US federal government, a 70% increase from the previous year, raising concerns about automation of sensitive governmental functions.

read1 min views3 publishedJun 17, 2026

On 14 April, the Trump administration quietly acknowledged the widespread use of AI to automate government processes. The office of management and budget (OMB) disclosed a staggering 3,611 active or planned use cases for AI across the federal government. The list has ballooned by 70% from the one published in the final year of the Biden administration, and includes many disturbing-seeming plans to hand over sensitive governmental functions to AI.

Scanning this list, many readers may find many causes for alarm. It represents a transfer of decision processes from human to machine on a massive scale over matters of individual freedom, public health and well-being, nuclear reactor safety and more...

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