FBI deputy director says internal governance and DOJ review guide AI use

The FBI's deputy director described layers of review the bureau uses when deploying artificial intelligence tools, saying the agency has internal governance boards and that the Department of Justice and the bureau's office of general counsel continually review practices to protect civil liberties.

"We've got governance boards and DOJ, that continually look at this stuff. We've got a whole office of general counsel, that looks at this stuff to make sure that we're keeping civil liberties and privacies in mind as we're moving on this stuff," the deputy director said when asked about safeguards.

Tom Winter, the reporter who raised civil-liberties concerns on the segment, introduced the deputy director's remarks for broadcast. The transcript spells the deputy director's surname two ways; the segment identifies him as Christopher Rea in one passage and as "Rhea" in another. This article uses the spelling "Christopher Rea" following the segment's explicit naming and for consistency.