Absolutely.

Modern AI is nothing more than models that can be trained (have parameters set) by massive amounts of data to carry out certain pattern recognition / regurgitation tasks (with socially constructed bias of course).

Where are there pattern recognition problems to solve and massive data? Mostly text, images, location data, audio recordings, and (e-)commerce. The sources of these are nearly all a form of surveillance, and as a result, the models are also well-suites for it. The other side drives it: the government wants to surveil (cops, basically) and private corps want to create and dominate markets from nothing (and get government contracts).

Examples:

• Worldwide high-res satellite imagery.
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Reddit
• Voice calls
• Video calls
• Translation engines
• Your emails
• Your personal location history
• Your purchase history
• Your web browsing habits
• Street-level imagery
• Your genome
• How you play video games
• What entertainment you watch.