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

Published on December 20, 2023



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.

WASHINGTON — Nearly six years ago the Director of National Intelligence sponsored a public competition to see how well an algorithm could replicate human-made analytical intelligence reports.

The results wouldn’t be very impressive looking back from the current age of ChatGPT; the best entry, written by a French programmer, looked good but didn’t make all that much sense. Still, at the time the ODNI found the results “highly encouraging.”

Fast forward a half decade and far more advanced algorithms — neural net learning artificial intelligence — are already at work within CIA headquarters, according to a former senior official, even if they’re not pumping out final analytical reports.

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