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we must address the
many ways in which artificial intelligence

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will drastically alter the threat
landscape and augment the arsenal of tools

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we possess to succeed
in the face of these threats.

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Our department will lead
in the responsible use of

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AI to secure the homeland
and to defending against the malicious use

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of this transformational technology.

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As we do this,
we will ensure that our use of AI

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is rigorously tested
to avoid bias and disparate impact

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and is clearly explainable
to the people we serve.

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I recently asked our Homeland
Security Advisory Council co-chair

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Jamie Gorelick is here to study
the intersection of A.I.

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and Homeland Security and deliver findings
that will help guide

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our use of it and defense against it.

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The rapid pace of technological change,
the pivotal moment

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we are now in, requires
that we also act today.

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To that end,

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I am directing the creation
of our department's first

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Artificial Intelligence Task Force
that will drive specific applications of

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AI to advance our critical Homeland
Security missions.

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The task force will, for example,
integrate AI into our efforts to enhance

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the integrity of our supply chains
and the broader trade environment.

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We will seek to deploy
AI to more ably screen cargo,

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identify the importation of goods produced
with forced labor, and manage risk.

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The task force will also,
among other charges, leverage

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AI to counter the flow of fentanyl
into the United States.

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We will explore using this technology
to better detect fentanyl shipments,

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identify and interdict
the flow of precursor chemicals

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around the world and target for disruption
key nodes in the criminal networks

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countering the

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multifaceted threat posed by the PRC.

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Learning from major cyber incidents
and harnessing the power of AI to advance

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our security will draw on the entirety
of the capabilities and expertise.

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The 260,000 personnel of DHS

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bring to bear every single day.

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It will require continued investment
in our operational cohesion,

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our ability to work together in ways

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our founders never imagined.

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We must never allow.

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We must never allow ourselves
to be susceptible

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to failures of imagination,
which, as the 911 Commission

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concluded nearly 20 years ago,
held us back from connecting the dots

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and preparing for the destruction
that was being planned on that tragic day.

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We must instead look to the future

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and imagine the otherwise unimaginable
to ensure that whatever threats

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we face, our department, our country
will be positioned to meet the moment.