C.I.A. Director Ratcliffe said the capabilities of the new generation of artificial intelligence model had promoted hard thinking about cyberdefenses and cyberoffensive operations: “These capabilities, it is fair to say, surprised everyone.”
CIA Director John Ratcliffe says rapid frontier AI progress has surprised experts, prompting cyberdefense reassessments
The agency is reorganizing internally to adapt its technology strategy.
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Julian E. Barnes@julianbarnes
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拿幸TV⚡@Cyberzks
@julianbarnes This matters. Rail networks reviewing protocols.
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Alexander Gambarian@gambarian
@daniel_271828 What does he know at all? Ask every e/acc anon from X and they will say "it's stupid fearmongering" 🤪
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Robert Herr ⏹️@krherr
@julianbarnes "Everyone" *sigh*
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Chris DeWeese@chrisdeweese_
@julianbarnes Seems like strategies will have to shift from "how much information can we keep a secret" to "how quickly can we act on new information"
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Geauthor Hayes@GeauthorIII
@julianbarnes Of course they did
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