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FBI Director Announces Expanded AI Use Across Bureau Operations
Kash Patel said artificial intelligence now plays a central role at the FBI, reversing what he described as its absence when he arrived. The bureau's Enterprise AI assistant has produced $300 million in spending cuts and identified more than $1 billion in contract savings. In 2025, AI helped locate 6,300 missing children and led to the arrest of 2,000 abusers.
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FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X on Monday that artificial intelligence now occupies a central place in every aspect of the bureau's work. "When I first arrived at the FBI, AI had no role at the Bureau," Patel stated. " Patel made the remarks in a post that linked to an op-ed he wrote for Fox News.
The FBI’s Enterprise AI assistant has slashed $300 million in spending and identified over $1 billion in contract ceiling savings, Patel reported. Washington Examiner reported that these efficiencies form part of a broader shift that Patel said has produced a faster, more efficient and more accountable crime-fighting machine.
In 2025 the FBI located 6,300 missing children and arrested 2,000 abusers, results due largely to utilizing AI through private sector agreements.
Patel said the technology is also helping agents identify fraudsters, scammers and drug traffickers who attempt to conceal their identities. The bureau is advancing deepfake detection systems through cooperative research and development agreements with the private sector.
Separately, the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division integrated an AI-driven fingerprint-detection capability that detected 34 altered fingerprint identities last year.
"Fingerprint matching is one of the most common methods the FBI uses to identify individuals," Patel wrote. Some adversaries alter their prints by burning, cutting or biting their fingertips, a tactic that previously allowed them to evade automated matching. The new system has led to the positive identification and arrest of wanted persons, drug traffickers and fraudsters.
