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NSA Consolidates AI Security Activities To Enhance Focus, Nakasone Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 28th, 2023

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NSA Consolidates AI Security Activities To Enhance Focus, Nakasone Says

Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander, U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency. Department of Defense photo

To strengthen its focus on vulnerabilities and security around artificial intelligence, the National Security Agency (NSA) is establishing a new center that will consolidate its activities in AI security with an aim to understanding threats to the technology help provide national security systems and the defense industrial base with more secure AI capabilities and platforms, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, the agency’s director, said on Thursday. The Artificial Intelligence Security Center was borne out of a recent study the NSA did…

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