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US Department of Homeland Security AI failures

Every documented AI failure involving US Department of Homeland Security on the AI Failure Index, classified by the mechanism that broke.

Failures
1
Highest severity
High
Span
2026
Failure modes
1
By failure mode
By severity
FI-0554Public SectorHigh
Tool Misuse

US DHS agents use AI surveillance to threaten legal observers as domestic terrorists

In January 2026, US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents used AI-enabled surveillance to identify and intimidate legal observers. In one instance, an agent threatened an observer by claiming she was now considered a domestic terrorist in a government database.

Confidence
Medium (multi-source)
US Department of Homeland Security3 sourcesPressPublicJan 2026

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