The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released a 2025 inventory listing the agency’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, reporting that it employs hundreds of AI-related use cases across VA operations. Multiple outlets say the inventory identifies 215 of these use cases as “high-impact” systems, indicating they are intended to play a more significant role in VA processes. The reports also highlight that many veterans may not know when AI tools are being used in their interactions with the VA, including during aspects of care or related decision-making. The articles describe the inventory as a way to catalog and characterize AI use, including categorizing certain systems by potential impact. While the sources agree on the scale of VA’s AI deployments and the number labeled high-impact, they focus on the visibility of these tools to veterans rather than on specific performance results or individual system details. The inventory’s publication is presented as a transparency step, but it raises questions about how and when veterans are informed about AI involvement.