3 ways intel analysts are using artificial intelligence right now: Ex-official

3 ways intel analysts are using artificial intelligence right now: Ex-official
3 ways intel analysts are using artificial intelligence right now: Ex-official

Former CIA deputy director of analysis Linda Weissgold says AI won’t replace human analysts, but she’s come around to a nuanced view of the tech.

Treat AI as your ‘crazy drunk friend,’ not like ‘peanut butter’: CIA tech chief

Treat AI as your ‘crazy drunk friend,’ not like ‘peanut butter’: CIA tech chief
Treat AI as your ‘crazy drunk friend,’ not like ‘peanut butter’: CIA tech chief

Intelligence analysts need to be especially cautious about artificial intelligence “hallucinations” or other false outputs, said the CIA’s Chief Technology Officer — but AI can also generate genuinely useful insights out of left field.

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Building Multi-Cloud in the Intelligence Community

Building Multi-Cloud in the Intelligence Community
Building Multi-Cloud in the Intelligence Community

Information superiority and speed to mission are the hallmark of multi-cloud environments, along with automation, cybersecurity, and governance.

CIA’s New China Mission Center: How To Do It Right

CIA’s New China Mission Center: How To Do It Right
CIA’s New China Mission Center: How To Do It Right

“Given our poor record against the Chinese,” a former senior intelligence official said, “maybe we should start with good tradecraft and attention to CI [counterintelligence]. Basics. There is no silver bullet.”

Al-Qaida Fears In Afghanistan, But China Takes Spotlight For IC Leaders

Al-Qaida Fears In Afghanistan, But China Takes Spotlight For IC Leaders
Al-Qaida Fears In Afghanistan, But China Takes Spotlight For IC Leaders

One senior official said he wants his agency to have the urgency about China the way the US had urgency about counterterrorism after 9/11.

Sen. King Urges ‘Reimagining Conflict’ On Eve Of Cyber Nominees Hearing

Sen. King Urges ‘Reimagining Conflict’ On Eve Of Cyber Nominees Hearing
Sen. King Urges ‘Reimagining Conflict’ On Eve Of Cyber Nominees Hearing

“Someone told me I was like Chicken Little, but I prefer Paul Revere,” said Sen. King, who co-chaired the commission that recommended creating the national cyber director.

Global Threats: FBI Launches ‘New Investigation Into China Every 10 Hours’

Global Threats: FBI Launches ‘New Investigation Into China Every 10 Hours’
Global Threats: FBI Launches ‘New Investigation Into China Every 10 Hours’

“That was a list of about as many awful things in 10 minutes as I may have heard in recent time,” Sen. Mark Warner said of the DNI’s threat assessment. Top of mind: China, cyber, and emerging tech.

‘How Is Yoda?’: An Appreciation Of Andy Marshall

‘How Is Yoda?’: An Appreciation Of Andy Marshall
‘How Is Yoda?’: An Appreciation Of Andy Marshall

  Last year while in Japan for a meeting with senior defense and military leaders, the question most often posed to me was, “How is Yoda?” The questions were in reference to the nickname given to Andrew Marshall, arguably the foremost defense strategist of the past sixty years, who passed away this week at the…

Russia’s Real Target Is US Alliances & Ukraine, Not Elections: CIA Veterans

Russia’s Real Target Is US Alliances & Ukraine, Not Elections: CIA Veterans
Russia’s Real Target Is US Alliances & Ukraine, Not Elections: CIA Veterans

“I don’t think that Vladimir Putin, who I think is a realist, wants to destroy us or our democracy, (though) they did meddle… and they will do it again if they can,” Bearden said. “They will continue to stir the pot, (but) I think they’re as amazed by what we’re doing to ourselves as perhaps we are.”

The Way Ahead To Kim-Trump Summit

The Way Ahead To Kim-Trump Summit
The Way Ahead To Kim-Trump Summit

While a Trump-Kim summit is a victory for South Korean diplomacy and the policy of maximum pressure, it is also a tremendous victory for Kim Jong Un, and this must be recognized.

Exclusive — Rethinking Intel In The Age of Trump: DNI Coats & PDDNI Gordon

Exclusive — Rethinking Intel In The Age of Trump: DNI Coats & PDDNI Gordon
Exclusive — Rethinking Intel In The Age of Trump: DNI Coats & PDDNI Gordon

The great challenge for intelligence agencies in the age of Trump was dramatically highlighted this month when a senior South Korean delegation arrived at the White House carrying a secret bombshell message. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un wanted a face-to-face summit with President Donald Trump to discuss Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program. Waiting to debrief…

Hill Must Act Now To Protect Elections From Russians: Cyber Commander

Hill Must Act Now To Protect Elections From Russians: Cyber Commander
Hill Must Act Now To Protect Elections From Russians: Cyber Commander

If you want the military to defend this fall’s elections from Russian hackers, military cyber commanders told Congress this afternoon, you need to give it authorities, access and resources soon, military commanders told the Senate today.

Trump Pick Good For State; CIA Loses; Who’s Next?

Trump Pick Good For State; CIA Loses; Who’s Next?
Trump Pick Good For State; CIA Loses; Who’s Next?

  WASHINGTON: If there’s one clear loser — aside from Rex Tillerson — in President Trump’s shakeup of his national security team it would appear to be the CIA. Some will say that Trump’s appointment of Gina Haspel the CIA’s first female director, marks presidential confidence in the agency, since she is a career staff…

What Will ‘Actually Solve’ Terrorism Problem?

What Will ‘Actually Solve’ Terrorism Problem?
What Will ‘Actually Solve’ Terrorism Problem?

This is the second of James Kitfield’s in-depth analysis of the continuing challenges posed by America’s so-called “forever wars” in Afghanistan and Iraq. At the height of its powers several years ago, ISIS was attracting an estimated one thousand new foreign fighters each month. While U.S. officials always believed that the U.S.-led coalition would take…