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FBI Director Says AI Now Used Across Bureau, Credits Tools With Thwarting School Shooting Plots

The pledge underscores a modernization drive likely to invite privacy and bias scrutiny.

Trump Cuts Off Anthropic as Pentagon Blacklists Firm and Turns to OpenAI Under New Limits

Duma Passes FSB-Requested Service Shutdown Bill as Telegram Faces Mounting Curbs

Milwaukee Police Impose Immediate Moratorium on Facial Recognition Use

ACLU Moves to Block DHS Bid for Google Data After Retiree Criticized Immigration Prosecutor

Thales Denies ICE Contract as French Firms Face Scrutiny Over U.S. Biometric and Drone Links

Anthropic–Pentagon Standoff Over AI Use Halts $200 Million Talks

UK Accelerates Police Live Facial Recognition as High Court Hears Privacy Challenge

Wegmans Confirms Facial Recognition at Select NYC Stores, Leaves Key Details Unanswered

Over 100 Face Action in Kashmir VPN Drive as Budgam Files FIRs Under BNSS Orders

DHS Begins Nationwide Biometric Entry and Exit Checks for All Non-Citizens

UK Digital ID Plan Faces Commons Backlash as Minister Rejects ‘Master Database’ Claim

GOP States Settle With DHS to Run Bulk Citizenship Checks on Voters

Redmond and Lynnwood Halt Flock License-Plate Readers After Reports of Improper Federal Access

UK Digital ID Plan Draws Nearly 3 Million Objections as MPs Hear Rollout Is 'Irrecoverable'

DHS Finalizes Biometric Entry–Exit Rule for Noncitizen Travelers, Taking Effect Dec. 26

DHS Document Says ICE’s Street Face Scans Are Mandatory and Kept for 15 Years

DHS Finalizes Rule Mandating Biometric Checks for All Foreign Travelers at U.S. Entry and Exit Starting Dec. 26

Leaked Recordings Show Peter Thiel Cast AI Critics and Greta Thunberg as 'Antichrist' Figures

EU Postpones Vote on 'Chat Control' After States Fail to Reach Deal