DHS recruiting 'AI Corps' to fight fentanyl distribution, online child exploitation and cyberattacks

A group of scientists from across the U.S. claim to have created the first artificial intelligence capable of generating AI without human supervision. The Department of Homeland Security is recruiting dozens of artificial intelligence experts for an "AI Corps" that will use the blossoming tech to advance national security goals, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Tuesday. The 50 experts will be part of a DHS initiative to leverage AI for a variety of efforts, including combating fentanyl distribution, online child exploitation and cyberattacks, according to Mayorkas. He announced the AI Corps alongside DHS Chief Information Officer Eric Hysen at a Mountain View, California, event as the House tried and failed to impeach the secretary. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday launched a hiring spree for 50 artificial intelligence experts as the House pursued a doomed impeachment case against him.