The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has implemented a standardized disclosure for artificial intelligence-generated intelligence products, Breaking Defense reported Thursday.
According to NGA Director Frank Whitworth, a four-time Wash100 Award winner, the agency is now routinely using AI to generate geospatial intelligence products. The career naval intelligence officer said NGA has adopted a “living, breathing template” for every “machine-generated GEOINT” product that “has not been touched by human hands.”
Standardizing Disclosure Labels for Transparency
Whitworth, speaking at the third annual Ash Carter Exchange and AI+ Expo on Tuesday, stressed that it is necessary for the president, the secretary of defense and combat commanders to understand the new labeling system, which ensures transparency when assessing AI-generated intel. He also noted that the NGA is the first agency in the U.S. intelligence community to routinely use the warning label.
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The agency does not use a simple stamp but a detailed disclosure system that provides the type of AI used for data exploitation or dissemination. This auto-generated information enables customers to understand the machines’ involvement in the intelligence products.
NGA’s adoption of AI is the result of a decade-long need to manage large data volumes dating back to the Global War on Terror and compounded by the growing sophistication of military intelligence.
