FBI deploying AI at national threat center to triage tips and speed responses, Raya says

Deputy Director Raya described AI as a tool the FBI has "sprinkled" across operational and administrative functions, including at the National Threat Operation Center (NTOC), where thousands of tips arrive daily. He said AI raises promising leads to the top so human analysts can verify and push them to field offices, shortening action times from 'weeks, months to really days or even hours.'

Raya cautioned that AI is a pointer, not a substitute for human review: "There still have to be human eyes on it to look at it, make sure it is an important lead...and then once it's verified by a human, then it gets pushed out." He cited a North Carolina tip as an example of the process potentially stopping a school attack after AI triage elevated the lead for action by a local FBI office.