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DOJ’s Garland announces agency’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

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US Attorney General Merrick Garland. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Princeton professor Jonathan Mayer named to lead cross-agency work on AI and emerging tech.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) named its first artificial intelligence (AI) officer yesterday amid growing concerns over the impact of the new technology on the criminal justice system. 

The DOJ named Jonathan Mayer, a Princeton University assistant professor who focuses on national security, consumer privacy and criminal procedures,