Knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars and avert disaster. At the Central Intelligence Agency, basic artificial intelligence – machine learning and algorithms – has long served that mission. Now, generative AI is joining the effort.
CIA Director William Burns says AI tech will augment humans, not replace them. The agency’s first chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani, is marshaling the tools. There’s considerable urgency: Adversaries are already spreading AI-generated deepfakes aimed at undermining U.S. interests.
A former Silicon Valley CEO who helmed successful startups, Mulchandani was named to the job in 2022 after a stint at the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.
Among projects he oversees: A ChatGPT-like generative AI application that draws on open-source data (meaning unclassified, public or commercially available). Thousands of analysts across the 18-agency U.S. intelligence community use it. Other CIA projects that use large-language models are, unsurprisingly, secret.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Voter ID took hold in the North Carolina primary. But challenges remain for the fall electionLockdown lifts at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota after report of a single gunshotLebanon says Israeli agents likely killed HezbollahCoffee in North Korea: It’s not just for capitalists anymore — Radio Free AsiaFree Cone Day is back at Ben & Jerry'sVoter ID took hold in the North Carolina primary. But challenges remain for the fall electionAir National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers sayIvy Getty takes the plunge in sheer gown as she parties with Emily Ratajkowski and Nicky HiltonDavid and Victoria Beckham braced for release of latest tellBritain's contentious plan to send some migrants to Rwanda hits a hurdle in Parliament
2.7767s , 6497.8671875 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Insider Q&A: CIA's chief technologist's cautious embrace of generative AI ,Worldly Winds news portal