tech
January 29, 2026
DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos
Immigration agencies have been flooding social media with bizarre, seemingly AI-generated content. We now know more about what might be making it.
TL;DR
- DHS is using Google's Veo 3 video generator and Adobe Firefly for editing public affairs materials.
- The agency is estimated to have between 100 and 1,000 licenses for these AI tools.
- DHS also uses Microsoft Copilot Chat for document drafting and report summarization, and Poolside software for coding.
- This is the first concrete evidence of DHS using AI generators for public-facing content.
- Immigration agencies have been heavily active on social media, sharing content related to deportations and recruitment.
- Tech workers from Google and Adobe have urged their companies to denounce immigration agencies' activities.
- Google and Apple previously removed apps that tracked ICE sightings from their app stores.