In brief On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced its groundbreaking “Roles and Responsibilities Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Critical Infrastructure” (“Framework”). The Framework is a guide for deploying AI safely and securely in all sixteen sectors of U.S. critical infrastructure, including communications, critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, healthcare, and information technology. It emphasizes the importance of risk-based mitigations to reduce potential harms to critical infrastructure and highlights the…