Designed for use by US spy agencies.
Spy AI
Microsoft has trained a massive new generative AI model, and surprisingly, this model is completely disconnected from the internet.
The idea is to give U.S. intelligence agencies a way to analyze top secret information without risking it being leaked.
as bloomberg According to the report, the company is developing a first-of-its-kind large-scale language model (LLM) that is completely decoupled from the internet, unlike other competing models that rely heavily on up-to-date information gathered from various places online. It claims to be.
Microsoft's new 'air-gapped' AI, based on OpenAI's GPT-4 LLM, will reportedly be available to 10,000 users and will help agencies like the CIA quickly analyze a wealth of sensitive data There is a possibility that it will happen.
In other words, civilians will probably never get their hands on it, or at least Microsoft will do its best to prevent that from happening.
“This is the first time there's been an isolated version,” said William, Microsoft's chief technology officer for strategic mission and technology. “Isolated means it's not connected to the internet. It is on a special network that only the public can access.” Chappell said. bloomberg.
Only in the eyes of the CIA
The debate surrounding the unintended spread of sensitive data through AI chatbots is as old as the technology itself. Executives at some major companies have long warned employees against using the technology, citing the risk of exposing confidential or proprietary information.
Of course, the need for confidentiality is even greater when it comes to sensitive information data.
Before state agencies can make use of Microsoft's latest spy AI, the intelligence community must first test and certify it.
according to bloombergthe CIA is particularly interested in leveraging generative AI technology.
“There is a race to incorporate generative AI into intelligence data,” Sheetal Patel, CIA deputy director for the Multinational and Technology Mission Center, said at a conference last month. The country that utilizes that technology first wins.
“And we want that to be us,” she added.
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