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    "id": "c28e038c-122f-44bc-a437-79ce2755ef6f",
    "code": "PAI-C28E038C",
    "force": "US Customs and Border Protection",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "us",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Ports of entry",
    "technology": "Empty container detection model for X-ray images",
    "technology_slug": "ai-xray-cargo-inspection",
    "vendor": "",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "official",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "June 2023",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "The DHS 2025 AI Use Case Inventory (entry DHS-68, as consolidated by the Office of Management and Budget) lists 'Empty Container Detection Model (Cargo Insights Team)' as deployed. The entry says an in-house model labels X-ray images of containers, with a bounding box, to identify empty containers and prevent errors and fraud in cargo declarations; officers decide any further steps. DHS classes the use as not high-impact.",
    "source": "Office of Management and Budget, 2025 federal AI use case inventory (DHS-68)",
    "source_url": "https://github.com/ombegov/2025-Federal-Agency-AI-Use-Case-Inventory/blob/main/Data/2025_individually_reported_AI_use_cases.csv",
    "last_checked": "2026-11-06",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/c28e038c-122f-44bc-a437-79ce2755ef6f"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}