CIA Builds Its Own Artificial Intelligence Tool in Rivalry With China

  • Intelligence agency looking for ‘needles in the needle field’
  • Program will help sift through huge amounts of available data

Central Intelligence Agency headquarters.

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US intelligence agencies are getting their own ChatGPT-style tool to sift through an avalanche of public information for clues.

The Central Intelligence Agency is preparing to roll out a feature akin to OpenAI Inc.’s now-famous program that will use artificial intelligence to give analysts better access to open-source intelligence, according to agency officials. The CIA’s Open-Source Enterprise division plans to provide intelligence agencies with its AI tool soon.