Insider Q&A: CIA's chief technologist's cautious embrace of generative AI
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
Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University
ATLANTA (AP) — Officials at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University say a student was killed in a weeken2024-05-21Ryan Giggs' pregnant girlfriend Zara Charles cuts a casual figure in tight
Ryan Giggs' girlfriend Zara Charles stepped out for a coffee and workout in Cheshire on Sunday, afte2024-05-21Chinese Embassy in Britain celebrates UN Chinese Language Day to promote cultural exchanges
A woman attends an event named "Evolution of Chinese Characters" in London, Britain, April2024-05-21China, US make preparations to send a pair of giant pandas to San Francisco Zoo in 2025
It is learned that the China Wildlife Conservation Association and the San Francisco Zoo of the U.S.2024-05-21- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s first walk-off hit for the Los Angeles Dodgers was also his first2024-05-21
Dame Joan Collins looks glamorous in a black satin dress with semi
Dame Joan Collins cut a very glamorous figure as she stepped out to the Variety Club Showbusiness Aw2024-05-21
atest comment