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The US Department of Homeland Security says it will use AI to handle some Freedom of Information Act requests and recommend which information should be redacted. That puts an AI system near a consequential decision: what the public gets to see in government records.
Why it mattersThe Washington Post’s Nate Jones reports that DHS describes the move as a way to “revolutionize” its FOIA process. The supplied report does not specify which requests will be handled, how recommendations will be checked, or whether a person will make the final redaction decisions. Those details will matter: a useful assistant can speed up disclosure, but a machine’s suggestion should not quietly become the boundary of public access.
Discuss: Should AI be allowed to recommend FOIA redactions at all, or should every black box require a human’s explicit approval?
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