{"slug": "ai-use-by-the-us-government", "title": "AI Use by the US Government", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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](https://github.com/ombegov/2025-Federal-Agency-AI-Use-Case-Inventory/commit/3c225ba8438e48306ace7698c8c7feb9486cbc69) a staggering 3,611 active or planned use cases for AI across the federal government. The list has [ballooned](https://fedscoop.com/disclosed-government-ai-use-increased-in-2025-omb/) 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.\n\nScanning 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...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-use-by-the-us-government", "canonical_source": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/ai-use-by-the-us-government.html", "published_at": "2026-06-17 11:04:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-17 11:28:46.257760+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Trump administration", "Office of Management and Budget", "OMB", "Biden administration"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-use-by-the-us-government", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-use-by-the-us-government.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-use-by-the-us-government.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-use-by-the-us-government.jsonld"}}