How DHS is hustling to leverage-and contain-generative AI
Briefly

Discovering subtle patterns in signal data can mean the difference between preventing and suffering an attack. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at the RSA security conference in San Francisco this week that his department has already used AI to find the unique signature of a vehicle loaded with fentanyl approaching the Southern border.
When DHS agents had only an old photo of a child trafficking victim to go on, they turned to an AI system to generate an image of the child's likely current appearance.
Without proper guardrails in place, a generative AI system could spit out detailed directions for building a nuclear device, or the recipe for a deadly bioagent.
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