FBI Deputy Director Raia Describes Using AI to Triage Threat Tips in Minutes Instead of Days
September 8, 2026 · FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation · 0:01:54
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What happened
In a CBS News segment uploaded by the FBI, correspondent Anna Schecter reported that the Bureau is leaning into targeting cartels and transnational criminal organizations and spoke with Deputy Director Christopher Raia about new technology he says has contributed to the drop in violent crime rates around the country, as the segment stated it. The FBI’s description notes that, per a September 29, 2026 executive order referenced in the upload, artificial intelligence is now termed super intelligence, and that under Director Patel’s leadership the Bureau has spent 18 months employing the technology to triage tips, according to the upload.
Raia described the National Threat Operations Center (NTOC), where tips from across the country and the world arrive at a rate of hundreds, if not thousands, a day — numbers he called staggering and impossible for humans to review at the rate they come in, as he stated it. He said the Bureau instituted an AI solution there to triage those tips and bring the most concerning ones to the top so they can go out to the field for action right away, cutting the delay from three or four days waiting for an analyst to sometimes hours or even minutes, according to his remarks.
Asked about community concern that law-enforcement AI could surveil citizens, Raia said the space is relatively new for everybody and that governance boards are in place with the FBI, the Department of Justice and Congress to make sure, in his words, that they do not get out over their skis on it, as he stated it.
Why it matters
The segment is the FBI’s public account of how it is using AI operationally — tip triage at its national center — and of the governance structure it says constrains that use, delivered as the Bureau ties the technology to falling violent-crime rates.
Sources: FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Deputy Director Raia on Using AI to Identify Threats Faster Than Ever”, 2026-09-08 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-09-08). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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