"The Department of Homeland Security's most common application for artificial intelligence in 2025 was in law enforcement operations, according to the agency's AI use case inventory released Wednesday. Federal agencies are slated to publish their inventories beginning on Jan. 28, as stipulated by a memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget released in April 2025. Of a total of 238 listed AI use cases being deployed across the agency, 86 are being employed in a law enforcement capacity,"
"And though the topic categorization for AI use cases in 2024 was structured differently than the most recent data, 70 of the reported use cases for that year we classified under "law and justice," with seven of those cases already retired at the time the agency reported them. For 2025, DHS reported that 35 of the law enforcement inventories are classified as "high impact.""
DHS reported 238 AI use cases deployed across the agency in 2025, with 86 used in law enforcement operations. Customs and Border Protection reported 83 total use cases including 49 law-enforcement cases, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported 51 total including 29 law-enforcement cases. ICE's total number of use cases nearly doubled from 2024 to 2025. Seventy 2024 use cases were classified under law and justice, with seven already retired. DHS listed diverse systems including passport anomaly models, autonomous underwater vehicles, forensic triage tools, social media analysis, and widespread biometric computer-vision applications.
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