FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is modernizing its operations by adopting artificial intelligence to improve both crime-fighting and homeland security capabilities. According to Patel, these changes move the FBI toward what he describes as “the AI age,” with technology used to support investigations and internal functions. The reporting emphasizes that AI is being applied to tasks related to detecting threats and speeding up investigative work, including cases involving the sexual exploitation of children. One outlet describes Patel as pointing to AI’s role in accelerating child exploitation investigations and strengthening threat detection, while also supporting operational processes inside the bureau. Another outlet similarly frames the modernization as bringing the FBI’s capabilities “out of the past and into the AI age,” linking AI adoption to expanded homeland security and crime-fighting effectiveness. Across both sources, Patel’s comments focus on operational improvements attributed to AI use, without providing specific performance metrics or describing particular systems in detail.