Insider Q&A: CIA's chief technologist's cautious embrace of generative AI
Time:2024-05-21 08:34:53 Source:politicsViews(143)
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.
Previous:Ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse has been refloated
Next:Jessica Biel CHOPS her long locks into a bob after book signing in Studio City
You may also like
- Nuggets blow 20
- The Valley's Jesse Lally steps out with stunning new girlfriend Lacy Nicole
- Chris Hemsworth flexes muscular form as sword
- King Charles marks return to public duties wearing his famed pink T
- Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
- How to be a 'Fall Guy': Stunt performers on their rough
- Analysis: McIlroy had a blast in New Orleans. It was just what he needed
- Alabama lawmakers propose compromise on gambling bill with lottery, electronic wagering machines
- Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection after closing some restaurants