India, June 11 -- Artificial Intelligence has helped in the scanning of sensitive documents, US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday while speaking at the Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington.

Addressing the technology conference, Gabbard said that AI, when used in a responsible manner, can help speed up the work of the US intelligence services. She further said that this can also save money and the time of intelligence officers, who can then focus on gathering and analysing information, according to the Associated Press.

Gabbard's remarks come months after her office released tens of thousands of classified documents related to the assassination of former US president John F. Kennedy and his brother, New York senator Rober...