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Int'l Business Times
a day ago
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Tulsi Gabbard Fed Potentially Classified Documents Into AI to Determine If They Were Classified
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revealed Tuesday that artificial intelligence tools have been used to scan tens of thousands of potentially classified documents to determine whether they should remain secret. Speaking at the Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington, Gabbard said AI helped expedite the declassification review process for material related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination, and that of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, AP reported. The effort, ordered by President Donald Trump, led to the release of large volumes of previously unreleased information that may have otherwise taken months or years. "We have been able to do that through the use of AI tools far more quickly than what was done previously — which was to have humans go through and look at every single one of these pages," Gabbard said. Gabbard did not specify what safeguards were in place to protect the data fed into the AI systems or how the tools determined what content remained classified. In her remarks, Gabbard said AI will be critical to modernizing intelligence workflows, allowing analysts and field officers to focus on high-value tasks. She hopes to expand partnerships with private-sector tech companies, rather than invest federal resources into internal system development. "How do we look at the available tools that exist — largely in the private sector — to make it so that our intelligence professionals... are able to focus their time and energy on the things that only they can do?" she asked. Her comments come amid a broader debate in Washington over the role of commercial AI in national security — and how much trust should be placed in machines to handle America's most sensitive secrets. Originally published on Latin Times
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Tulsi Gabbard's Team Fed The JFK Assassination Files Into AI To Figure Out What To Declassify
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has admitted to using an artificial intelligence program to help determine which of the documents to declassify about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Addressing a technology conference Tuesday, Gabbard championed the use of AI in helping America's intelligence services save time and money. Coming into the role earlier this year, she said, she was confronted with 'a deluge of day-to-day tasks and churn' that can 'quickly suck up all of the time in the day.' She argued deploying AI to scour top-secret files has been 'a game changer.' In particular, she cited how AI was used by her department to decide which documents should be made public, and used the example of the material related to the assassinations of President Kennedy and his brother New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. In January, President Donald Trumpsigned an executive order to declassify documents related to both assassinations, as well as the killing of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., making good on a campaign trail promise. Past attempts to release the records were stymied by internal reviews and redactions. 'We have released thousands, tens of thousands of documents related to the assassinations of JFK and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy,' Gabbard told the Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington, per a transcript on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's website. 'And we have been able to do that through the use of AI tools far more quickly than what was done previously, which is to have humans go through and look at every single one of these pages.' She added the AI tools were looking for issues 'that might be sensitive for living family members to be made aware of.' Gabbard continued that the intelligence service has been able to aggregate data more quickly by using AI. She pointed to how 10,000 hours of media now takes one person just an hour to process, rather than eight people spending 48 hours combing through the same information. Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress who switched parties last year, coordinates the work of 18 intelligence agencies. In March, Trump signaled 80,000 pages related to President Kennedy's death would be released The vast majority of the files posted on the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration's website were previously publicly available. Some of the unredacted documents released included sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers. President Kennedy's fatal shooting in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, has spawned countless conspiracy theories. Police arrested 24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald, who had positioned himself on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Two days later, nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald during a jail transfer. A year after the assassination, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald acted alone and that there was no evidence of a conspiracy. But that did little to curb the alternative theories floated ever since. People Named In JFK Files Upset Their Personal Info Was Released Tulsi Gabbard Fires Officials After Assessment Finds Trump's Tren De Aragua Claims False Senate Confirms Tulsi Gabbard As Trump's Director Of National Intelligence
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
‘AI helps scan intel documents': Tulsi Gabbard, months after JFK files release
Artificial Intelligence has helped in the scanning of sensitive documents, US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday while speaking at the Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington. Addressing the technology conference, Gabbard said that AI, when used in a responsible manner, can help speed up the work of the US intelligence services. She further said that this can also save money and the time of intelligence officers, who can then focus on gathering and analysing information, according to the Associated Press. Gabbard's remarks come months after her office released tens of thousands of classified documents related to the assassination of former US president John F. Kennedy and his brother, New York senator Robert F. Kennedy. Highlighting that the slow pace of intelligence work was a challenge which frustrates her as a member of the US Congress, Trump's intelligence chief said that AI can also run human resource programs. 'We have been able to do that through the use of AI tools far more quickly than what was done previously, which was to have humans go through and look at every single one of these pages,' AP quoted Gabbard as saying. She said that AI accelerates the scanning of sensitive documents before their potential declassification, which experts predict can take months or even years sometimes. Gabbard added that AI can be used to determine whether the documents have any material that should remain declassified. Since assuming the role of intelligence chief, Gabbard has taken several steps, vowing to revamp America's spy services. Speaking on private-sector technology, she said that the intelligence community was already using these, adding that she was looking to expand that relationship, according to AP. Gabbard, who is in-charge of coordinating with 18 intelligence agencies, said that private-sector technology could be used instead of relying on federal resources to come up with alternatives. She said that this could be done in a way that frees up space and time for the intelligence officers to engage in other work. 'How do we look at the available tools that exist — largely in the private sector — to make it so that our intelligence professionals, both collectors and analysts, are able to focus their time and energy on the things that only they can do,' Gabbard said.
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Business Standard
2 days ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
AI is speeding up intel work, including release of JFK files: Tulsi Gabbard
Artificial intelligence is speeding up the work of America's intelligence services, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday. Speaking to a technology conference, Gabbard said AI programmes, when used responsibly, can save money and free up intelligence officers to focus on gathering and analysing information. The sometimes slow pace of intelligence work frustrated her as a member of Congress, Gabbard said, and continues to be a challenge. AI can run human resource programmes, for instance, or scan sensitive documents ahead of potential declassification, Gabbard said. Her office has released tens of thousands of pages of material related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and his brother, New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, on the orders of President Donald Trump. Experts had predicted the process could take many months or even years, but AI accelerated the work by scanning the documents to see if they contained any material that should remain classified, Gabbard said during her remarks at the Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington. We have been able to do that through the use of AI tools far more quickly than what was done previously which was to have humans go through and look at every single one of these pages, Gabbard said. The intelligence community already relies on many private-sector technologies, and Gabbard said she wants to expand that relationship instead of using federal resources to create expensive alternatives. How do we look at the available tools that exist largely in the private sector to make it so that our intelligence professionals, both collectors and analysts, are able to focus their time and energy on the things that only they can do," she said. Gabbard, who coordinates the work of 18 intelligence agencies, has vowed to shake up America's spy services. Since assuming her role this year, she has created a new task force to consider changes to agency operations as well as greater declassification. She also has fired two veteran intelligence officers because of perceived opposition to Trump, eliminated diversity, equity and inclusion programmes and relocated the staff who prepare the President's Daily Brief to give her more direct control.
Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
Gabbard says AI is speeding up intel work, including the release of the JFK assassination files
Experts had predicted the process could take many months or even years, but AI accelerated the work by scanning the documents to see if they contained any material that should remain classified, Gabbard said during her remarks at the Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'We have been able to do that through the use of AI tools far more quickly than what was done previously — which was to have humans go through and look at every single one of these pages,' Gabbard said. Advertisement The intelligence community already relies on many private-sector technologies, and Gabbard said she wants to expand that relationship instead of using federal resources to create expensive alternatives. 'How do we look at the available tools that exist — largely in the private sector — to make it so that our intelligence professionals, both collectors and analysts, are able to focus their time and energy on the things that only they can do," she said. Advertisement Gabbard, who coordinates the work of 18 intelligence agencies, has vowed to shake up America's spy services. Since assuming her role this year, she has created a new task force to consider changes to agency operations as well as greater declassification. She also has fired two veteran intelligence officers because of perceived opposition to Trump, eliminated diversity, equity and inclusion programs and relocated the staff who prepare the President's Daily Brief to give her more direct control.
