In its efforts to rapidly add 10,000 new officers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) encountered an AI error in its application processing. The AI tool, tasked with identifying applicants with law enforcement experience for a shorter training program, mistakenly categorized individuals with the word “officer” on their résumés, such as “compliance officers,” as qualified for the program, leading to insufficient training. This resulted in improperly trained officers being sent to field offices, although the agency has since initiated manual reviews and is taking steps to rectify the situation, like bringing some officers back for additional training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). The extent of the impact is unknown, including how many improperly trained officers participated in immigration arrests, but the error underscores the challenges of quickly training new recruits amidst operational expansion.
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Eighty-two-year-old Leonard “Ned” Johnson’s Social Security benefits and Medicare were abruptly canceled after the Social Security Administration mistakenly declared him deceased. This error, potentially linked to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency budget cuts, resulted in over $5,000 in lost benefits and impacted his credit report. Despite personally proving his aliveness to Social Security officials, Johnson has yet to receive his back payments, highlighting systemic issues within the agency. The incident underscores concerns about the potential impact of aggressive budget cuts on Social Security’s functionality and accuracy.
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ICE Recruits Deployed Without Proper Training, Sources Say
In its efforts to rapidly add 10,000 new officers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) encountered an AI error in its application processing. The AI tool, tasked with identifying applicants with law enforcement experience for a shorter training program, mistakenly categorized individuals with the word “officer” on their résumés, such as “compliance officers,” as qualified for the program, leading to insufficient training. This resulted in improperly trained officers being sent to field offices, although the agency has since initiated manual reviews and is taking steps to rectify the situation, like bringing some officers back for additional training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). The extent of the impact is unknown, including how many improperly trained officers participated in immigration arrests, but the error underscores the challenges of quickly training new recruits amidst operational expansion.
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DOGE AI Error Wrongly Declares Man Dead, Bank Seizes His Funds
Eighty-two-year-old Leonard “Ned” Johnson’s Social Security benefits and Medicare were abruptly canceled after the Social Security Administration mistakenly declared him deceased. This error, potentially linked to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency budget cuts, resulted in over $5,000 in lost benefits and impacted his credit report. Despite personally proving his aliveness to Social Security officials, Johnson has yet to receive his back payments, highlighting systemic issues within the agency. The incident underscores concerns about the potential impact of aggressive budget cuts on Social Security’s functionality and accuracy.
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