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  "path": "/blog/archives/2026/06/ai-use-by-the-us-government.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T11:04:04.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.schneier.com",
  "tags": [
    "Uncategorized",
    "AI",
    "democracy",
    "laws",
    "LLM",
    "regulation",
    "transparency",
    "disclosed",
    "ballooned"
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  "textContent": "On 14 April, the Trump administration quietly acknowledged the widespread use of AI to automate government processes. The office of management and budget (OMB) disclosed a staggering 3,611 active or planned use cases for AI across the federal government. The list has ballooned by 70% from the one published in the final year of the Biden administration, and includes many disturbing-seeming plans to hand over sensitive governmental functions to AI.\n\nScanning this list, many readers may find many causes for alarm. It represents a transfer of decision processes from human to machine on a massive scale over matters of individual freedom, public health and well-being, nuclear reactor safety and more...",
  "title": "AI Use by the US Government"
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