Bennie Thompson actually said...

"As we consider how to deploy AI to better secure the homeland, we must keep 3 critical principles in mind."

"We must ensure that AI models we use and the data to train them do not reinforce existing biases."

"Artificial intelligence is not new. The Department of Homeland Security and its components have a long history of trying to understand how to most appropriately leverage the capacity AI provides."

"Advances in AI will only make their job easier, so we must redouble our efforts to identify manipulated content and empower the public to identify malicious foreign influence operations."