FBI director Kash Patel claims AI has stopped school shootings: ‘I’m using it everywhere’

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsFBI director Kash Patel claims AI has stopped school shootings: ‘I’m using it everywhere’Patel says that he has ‘every major tech company in the world embedded in the FBI’Owen Scott Wednesday 06 May 2026 11:28 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2971361","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-artificial-intelligence-school-shootings-b2971361.html","title":"Kash Patel claims AI has stopped school shootings: ‘I’m using it everywhere’"}}CloseSNL skewers Pete Hegseth and uses Aziz Ansari as Kash Patel in brutal mocking of Trump officialsSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":f...