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.
Lynn Williams breaks NWSL goal
China ramps up efforts to attract foreign investment across diverse industries
Connor McDavid becomes 4th in NHL history with 100 assists as the Oilers rout the Sharks 9
Scheana Shay rubs Lala Kent's swimsuit
Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to lead Indianapolis 500 field in Corvette pace car
Xi's 'two sessions' messages highlight China's high
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 33,207: Ministry
Megan Fox reveals what she REALLY thinks about her Love Is Blind's 'look
US overdose deaths dropped in 2023, the first time since 2018
Amtrak train hits pickup truck in upstate New York, 3 dead including child
Event to promote love of reading to be held in Kunming