Artificial Intelligence

The CIA Is Making AI-Generated Reports for Local Police

The CIA has been using artificial intelligence to write “open source intelligence” analyses, which are being distributed to local police via DHS “fusion centers,” according to documents obtained by Reason.

Matthew Petti | 8.28.2026 4:31 PM

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The CIA has been using artificial intelligence to write "open source intelligence" analyses, which are being distributed to local police via the Department of Homeland Security's "fusion centers," according to documents obtained by Reason.

CIA officials have been alluding to this new AI tool. Open Source Enterprise (OSE) Director Randy Nixon told Bloomberg in a 2023 interview that the agency was building a new chatbot for intelligence analysts to use, and CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis said at an April 2026 conference that it had produced an entirely AI-generated report for the first time.

The use of AI has clearly grown quickly since........

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