Secret Service is embedding AI experts across the agency

The U.S. Secret Service is pushing to onboard tech talent to help personnel better use artificial intelligence capabilities, according to the agency’s IT and AI lead. 

In an interview with Nextgov/FCW, Chief Information Officer and Chief AI Officer Chris Kraft said the agency is undertaking a new program to embed AI specialists across its operations who can help turbocharge adoption of the tools.

Kraft said the initiative is essentially “a small group of AI experts that can bring expertise internal to the Secret Service, and then focus on our AI initiatives across the organization,” adding that “I think that there’s a lot of value in having experts as federal employees, instead of just contracting for that capability.”

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