Homeland Security cuts off access to ChatGPT and other commercial AI

Homeland Security cuts off access to ChatGPT and other commercial AI

Staff at the Department of Homeland Security are no longer allowed to use commercial generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude, according to a memo sent to employees this month.  The move is a reversal of a previous policy — which had conditionally allowed the use of commercial systems — and a pivot toward technology developed in-house.  Earlier this month, DHS’s chief information officer, Antoine McCord, sent a memo direc…