CIA's Next Super Spy Could be Artificial Intelligence Contrary to what is depicted in Hollywood's spy blockbusters, much of the intelligence work could be very boring. This is the bit which could majorly be handed over to Artificial Intelligence. New Delhi: The USA's secret service, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is pursuing close to 140 projects to increase the role of Artificial Intelligence in surveillance, especially scanning hours and hours of videotapes from various closed circuit and spy cameras. A report published in CNN quotes Dawn Meyerriecks, Deputy Director of CIA's science and Technology Division, as saying that Digital surveillance, including closed-circuit television and wireless infrastructure, in about 30 countries is so good that physical tracking is no longer necessary. In this, US could be following Singapore, which has been using digital surveillance effectively for years.

Friday 20 January 2017 02.00 EST Last modified on Friday 20 January 2017 02.03 EST