The CIA plans to embed AI into all analytical platforms to assist with intelligence analysis and counterintelligence work

Gate News message. On April 10, the Deputy Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Michael Ellis, said the CIA plans to embed AI “colleagues” into all analytical platforms in the coming years. The AI will assist intelligence personnel in drafting key judgments, testing analytical conclusions, and identifying intelligence trends, but ultimate decision-making power will remain with humans. Ellis emphasized that the CIA cannot allow a “single company’s will” to limit its capabilities, a remark that has been interpreted by outsiders as alluding to Anthropic—which previously refused to use its flagship AI product Claude for large-scale surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, and has since been listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as a supply-chain risk. The two sides are currently still in a legal dispute. In addition, Ellis said that the gap between the United States and China in technological innovation has narrowed significantly, and AI competition is one of the core drivers for the CIA to accelerate its planning. He also noted that the CIA has incorporated blockchain data analytics into counterintelligence operations and views Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as national security issues.