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Next Leap For Intelligence Involves Autonomous Systems
The US Intelligence Community is exploring the use of AI agents that can manage and interact with other agents, potentially revolutionizing the way intelligence is gathered and analyzed. According to officials, the goal is to create an interconnected system that can help reason through complex mission problems. The concept goes beyond current chatbots and involves building agents that can communicate with multiple other agents, supporting operations, fires, logistics, communications, and planning. The effort is being led by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the FBI, with a focus on developing infrastructure, governance, and trust. This development was first reported by Breaking Defense.