U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they’ll be smothered by exponential data growth as sensor-generated surveillance tech further blankets the planet. But officials are acutely aware that the tech is young and brittle, and that generative AI is anything but tailor-made for a dangerous trade steeped in deception. The CIA’s inaugural chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani, says gen AI is mostly good as a virtual assistant. Officials insist it won’t ever replace human analysts. Intelligence agencies place considerable trust in instinct, colleagues and institutional memories.

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