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U.S. officials said they are closely monitoring for signs that bad actors have improved their AI influence operations, whether by creating their own powerful models or finding ways to more effectively amplify content. [Image created by mathisworks via Getty Images]

Adversaries’ generative AI use isn’t fooling the masses

Intelligence officials said Monday that generative AI has thus far been a “malign influence accelerant” and not a “revolutionary” tool.

Sep 23, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Intel officials expect more foreign influence efforts leading up to Election Day

U.S. officials said they expect Russia, Iran and China to increase the cadence of influence operations targeting voters over the final two months of this election cycle.

Sep 6, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – JULY 20: Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald J. Trump holds his first public campaign rally with his running mate, Vice Presidential nominee U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) (not pictured), at the Van Andel Arena on July 20, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

US intelligence agencies blame Iran for Trump campaign security incident

In a joint statement, agencies say both presidential parties have been targeted by Iran.

Aug 19, 2024 By Greg Otto

Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, Jen Easterly, Director of the Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and FBI Director Christopher Wray testify before the House (Select) Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Committee heard from intelligence officials on China’s Cyber threat to the United States. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FBI director warns of China’s preparations for disruptive infrastructure attacks

Wray indicated the FBI sees China as a more imminent threat to U.S. infrastructure as hacking groups like Volt Typhoon position resources for disruption ahead of a…

Apr 19, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

The government’s annual transparency report disclosing the warrantless data searches began in the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s 2013 disclosures of the government spying on Americans. Snowden is pictured here at a November 2019 event in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Spy report: 3.4M warrantless searches of US data under FISA last year

The 3.4 million searches the ODNI disclosed Friday represent a significant increase from last year.

May 2, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley