US Spies Want AI as Tool Against China If Tech Can Be Trusted
- Intelligence community weighs power and pitfalls of AI help
- CIA sees an opportunity to boost productivity, digest intel
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US intelligence agencies are grappling with a daunting new challenge: Making artificial intelligence safe for America’s spies.
An arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is tapping companies and colleges to help harness rapidly developing AI technology that could provide an edge against global competitors like China. The challenge is ensuring it doesn’t open a backdoor into the nation’s top secrets or generate fake data.