{"id":246124,"date":"2026-05-14T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/state-department-is-testing-agentic-ai-to-buy-back-time-for-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:48:00","slug":"state-department-is-testing-agentic-ai-to-buy-back-time-for-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/state-department-is-testing-agentic-ai-to-buy-back-time-for-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department is testing agentic AI to \u2018buy back time\u2019 for workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

State Department is testing agentic AI to \u2018buy back time\u2019 for workers<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/state-department-testing-agentic-ai-malware-cyber-workforce\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-14 16:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: fedscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The State Department is exploring how to use artificial intelligence agents to speed up its work, an agency official said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Ray Romano, deputy assistant director of State\u2019s Cyber Threat and Investigations division, said at a FedScoop-produced Rubrik event on federal cyber resilience that the agency is moving forward with its pursuit of agentic AI to sort through malware quickly as the agency\u2019s use case inventory grows.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one example of what we\u2019re doing to understand that that is going to be the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The State Department has emerged as a leader in federal AI adoption, with several officials recently announcing the rollout of agentic AI, specifically to target high-volume workflows and administrative burdens.<\/p>\n

Agentic AI systems are able to create content similar to generative AI, but agents can operate without direction from a human and complete more complex tasks. While Romano said an agentic AI in State\u2019s sandbox environment can sort through malware on a thumb drive in 25 minutes compared to four days by a human, the agency is waiting to integrate the agent into staffers\u2019 workloads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re training agents to do that analysis right, but we\u2019re not just trusting it. We\u2019re fact-checking it against work that\u2019s already been done,\u201d he said. \u201cI have two outputs of that product. The first is understanding how much time I\u2019m buying back \u2026 the other part of that, though, is what is the error rate?\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an all-hands-on-deck situation, and the agency still needs its humans, he added. And it\u2019s more about how to best allocate what resources State has.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not trying to figure out how to replace anybody,\u201d Romano said. \u201cNobody\u2019s budget is increasing, nobody\u2019s hiring thousands more people to do this work. What I\u2019m actually trying to do is figure out how we can get these agents to buy back experts\u2019 time.\u201d<\/p>\n

But all of this is only possible with strong AI governance…<\/p>\n

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