US Government Reportedly Plans to Use AI Tools to Redact Documents

Trump Admin Is Reportedly Giving FOIA Requests an AI Makeover

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US Government Reportedly Plans to Use AI Tools to Redact Documents

DHS will use it to speed up responses to FOIA requests, The Washington Post reports. If you've perused a sensitive government document dump in recent years, it's hard to miss the black-box redactions that cover up pieces of classified or private information. While agencies usually apply these redactions manually, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now plans to use AI tools to speed up …

Dangers of digital redaction in the age of AI

A black permanent marker was, in the recent past, the tool of choice to redact personal, sensitive, or privileged information in document production processes. Now, digital redaction tools are mostly used when producing documents in discovery, under subpoena, or during voluntary production or other information access request processes, writes Darren Gardner.

The US DHS says it will "revolutionize" its FOIA process by using AI to handle certain types of requests and recommend what information should be redacted (Nate Jones/Washington Post)

Nate Jones / Washington Post: The US DHS says it will “revolutionize” its FOIA process by using AI to handle certain types of requests and recommend what information should be redacted  —  Redactions are the Freedom of Information Act requester's bane.  Those black boxes that often hide wide swaths of words …