🛡 FBI Requested Predictive AI for Watch List
Analyst Harrison Berger (Responsible Statecraft) writes that AI is already embedded in the U.S. security apparatus: Claude in Palantir Maven prioritizes strike targets against Iran, OpenAI received a $3.5 million U.S. Cyber Command contract. New: The FBI requested "predictive modeling" on SAM.gov for the Threat Screening Center — a de facto pre-crime tool.
🌍 Government procurement is turning LLM vendors into surveillance infrastructure: FBI RFI, OpenAI contract, $30 million ICE for ImmigrationOS, and DHS plans for $100+ million are forming a pre-crime AI market.
👤 RFI is not yet a system, the FBI is only seeking vendors. But the watch list has already expanded beyond terrorism, its data is shared with state police, and there are no guarantees for challenging errors.
Source 1: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/pentagon-artificial-intelligence/ Source 2: https://reason.com/2026/07/28/minority-report-fbi-seeks-ai-for-political-watch-list/