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Lakshmi Raman speaks on a panel at the AWS Public Sector Summit on Jun 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C., with AWS CSO Stephen Schmidt. (AWS photo)

The most exciting AI trend for the CIA? AI agents

The CIA's chief AI officer is excited by the prospect of agentic AI, though she stopped short of connecting it to mission applications.
Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on November 28, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services)

Amazon to launch second secret cloud region, touting AI innovation for national security

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard touted classified cloud capabilities such as AWS's as key in the IC's ability to drive AI innovation.
The acting director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Nand Mulchandani, briefs reporters about DoD’s recent initiatives with artificial intelligence, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 8, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

CIA hires first-ever chief technology officer

Nand Mulchandani brings more than 25 years' experience working in Silicon Valley and at the Department of Defense.
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