The Future of Intelligence Is Open

The United States’ strategic edge in spying needs to be AI and open-source intelligence.

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The world is at an inflection point for intelligence and national security. The explosion of openly available data, paired with artificial intelligence (AI) capable of processing it at scale, is not just augmenting intelligence work—it’s redefining it. Intelligence is no longer only about secrets. It’s about using data to see clearly, decide quickly, and move first in a global technology race with

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