FBI’s AI work includes ‘Shark Tank’-style idea exploration, tip line use case

The FBI’s approach to artificial intelligence ranges from figuring out how bad actors are harnessing the growing technology to adopting its own uses internally, officials said Tuesday, including through a “Shark Tank”-style model aimed at exploring ideas.

Four FBI technology officials who spoke at a GDIT event in Washington detailed the agency’s focus on promoting AI innovations where those tools are merited — such as in its tip line — and ensuring uses could ultimately meet the law enforcement agency’s need to have technology that could later be defended legally.