Top US spy agency to focus on AI and China – WaPo

NSA chief Joshua M. Rudd wants five new departments created by mid-October, sources have told the newspaper The US National Security Agency (NSA) is launching its largest internal restructuring in at least a decade to focus on AI, China, and other pressing challenges, the Washington Post has reported, citing current and former officials.The NSA director, General Joshua M. Rudd, wants five additional organizations to be created within the agency by mid-October, with the goal that they reach full operational capacity in early 2027, the paper reported on Monday. Besides artificial intelligence and countering Beijing, they will deal with cybersecurity, combat support or warfighting, and global intelligence, according to Washington Post sources.The NSA is believed to be the largest US intelligence agency, reportedly employing some 30,000 people, both military and civilian, and specializing in digital espionage abroad and at home. It found itself in hot water in 2013 after whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked a massive trove of files to the media detailing the agency’s illicit surveillance of American citizens. Since becoming NSA chief in March, Rudd has been actively integrating AI into ...