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Alejandro Mayorkas

U.S. secretary of homeland security, 2021–2025

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AI offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the strength and resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure, and we must seize it while minimizing its potential harms.

Alejandro Mayorkas

U.S. secretary of homeland security, 2021–2025

In 2024, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said AI could strengthen U.S. critical infrastructure but its potential harms must be minimized.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityNovember 14, 2024U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Given the increasingly interconnected nature of these systems, their disruption can have devastating consequences for homeland security. “AI offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the strength and resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure, and we must seize it while minimizing its potential harms. The Framework, if widely adopted, will go a long way to better ensure the safety and security of critical services that deliver clean water, consistent power, internet access, and more,” said Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas .

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I urge every executive, developer, and elected official to adopt and use this Framework to help build a safer future for all.

Alejandro Mayorkas

U.S. secretary of homeland security, 2021–2025

In 2024, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urged executives, developers, and elected officials to adopt the department’s AI framework.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityNovember 14, 2024U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board and its members, each of whom informed these guidelines with their own real-world experiences developing, deploying, and promoting the responsible use of this extraordinary technology. I urge every executive, developer, and elected official to adopt and use this Framework to help build a safer future for all.” If adopted and implemented by the stakeholders involved in the development, use, and deployment of AI in U.S.

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