According to reporting on Schneier on Security, the Trump administration quietly disclosed widespread AI deployment across federal government. The office of management and budget published an inventory of over 3,600 active or planned AI use cases—a 70 percent increase from the Biden administration's count. The scope raises significant questions about oversight: AI is now automating decisions affecting individual rights, public health, and nuclear reactor safety. The disclosure highlights a broader tension—the government recognizes AI's potential to improve efficiency, but has yet to establish clear policy frameworks to manage the risks of delegating such consequential decisions to machines.

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