An interview with the CIA’s head of AI

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As federal agencies move full-scale to adopt artificial intelligence technologies in coordination with the 2023 Biden administration AI executive order, it might seem that more secretive intelligence agencies like the CIA would be less forthcoming about their work in the space. Sure, there are some things the agency can’t share and certain requirements that must be met to work with commercial products due to classification restrictions. But the CIA is doing quite a lot in AI, and Lakshmi Raman, the director of AI for the agency, was willing to give a wide-ranging interview looking at the CIA’s journey to adopt AI — from the use cases the CIA is most excited about for AI to the workforce concerns and unique governance challenges the agency faces, and much more. Let’s shift now to that interview with Lakshmi Raman, CIA’s director of AI.