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A living tracker from a government accountability nonprofit documenting AI use in the Trump administration; useful for policy researchers studying real-world AI deployment and governance gaps in federal government contexts.
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The Revolving Door Project maintains a running tracker documenting how the Trump administration deploys artificial intelligence across federal agencies and government functions. It serves as a watchdog resource cataloging AI applications in government, highlighting accountability and oversight concerns. The resource is particularly relevant for understanding real-world AI governance and deployment in high-stakes public sector contexts.
Key Points
- •Tracks specific instances of AI adoption and deployment by the Trump administration across federal agencies
- •Serves as an accountability and transparency tool for monitoring government use of AI systems
- •Highlights governance gaps and oversight concerns when AI is used in consequential government decisions
- •Relevant to debates about AI in public sector contexts including immigration, benefits, and surveillance
- •Produced by a progressive watchdog organization focused on government accountability
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February 13, 2026
Tracking Uses of AI in the Trump Administration
Chris Lewis
Xaver Clarke
Hannah Story Brown
Emma Marsano
Toni Aguilar Rosenthal
KJ Boyle
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As the Trump administration continues to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its operations, the Revolving Door Project has decided to catalogue examples of where and how AI is being deployed. This tracker focuses particularly on uses of AI in the federal executive branch to replace federal workers and undermine transparency and due process.
Last updated on February 13, 2025.
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The Trump administration is deploying artificial intelligence to synthesize and analyze sensitive data about Americans, incorporating AI into the provision of essential public services, and replacing fired workers with AI across federal agencies. Click to read more.
New York Times: Trump Taps Palantir To Compile Data On Americans | 5/30/25
As Palantir continues to expand its influence within the administration, the Trump administration has given the company the right to surveil Americans. In a chilling report , The New York Times notes that the company is already creating “detailed portraits of Americans based on government data,” with the Trump administration already seeking “access to hundreds of data points on citizens and others through government databases, including their bank account numbers, the amount of their student debt, their medical claims and any disability status.”
In The Public Interest: AI – What is it good for? | 6/18/25
Analysis by In The Public Interest highlights the dangers of relying on AI to dispense public services. Looking at cities and states’ use of AI for “gunshot detection,” “drop-out detection,” and “eligibility services,” Shahrzad Habibi found that these imprecise systems regularly harm the constituents they were designed to help. Take for example ShotSpotter, the shoddy gun detection program that has led to 40,000 unfounded police deployments primarily targeting communities of color in Chicago. In one case, use of this AI-powered tech led to the wrongful imprisonment of Michael Williams for 11 months. When it comes to determining individuals’ eligibility for government programs like Medicaid, the automated systems have also spat
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