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FBI official says artificial intelligence helped stop planned school attacks, speeds fingerprint matches

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · May 5, 2026
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An agency official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation said the FBI is using AI to triage "thousands" of tips weekly, speed fingerprint matches and, the official asserted, helped prevent planned school attacks in North Carolina and New York; no dates or independent corroboration were provided in the remarks.

An agency official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation said the bureau has begun using artificial intelligence across operations to triage the thousands of tips it receives weekly, speed fingerprint matches and, the official said, help prevent planned school attacks.

The official described deploying AI in the FBI’s criminal justice information systems to "pop fingerprints immediately" and in the National Threat Operations Center to prioritize incoming tips that would be impossible for humans to review one-by-one. "If…

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