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ICE let an AI decide who gets a badge, and the AI said “sure, why not”

Congratulations, an LLM liked your resume! Here is your gun and your badge!

Jason Weisberger
Jan 16, 2026
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Congratulations, an LLM liked your resume! Here is your gun and your badge!

ICE asked a large language model to review applicants’ resumes. Sadly, the LLM didn’t understand the difference between mall cops and actual law enforcement. It seems the AI fast-tracked anyone who used the word “officer” in any context.

Yet rather than assign a human to make that…

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