Executive Summary
Advancements in AI are evidently reshaping clandestine operations by undermining traditional physical espionage tradecraft, enhancing raw intelligence processing, and creating a shift toward incorporating more cyber capabilities in intelligence work. AI-powered surveillance technology is making it increasingly difficult for intelligence agencies to maintain cover; China, for example, leverages these capabilities to track and find foreign spies. AI is further enhancing processes by automating data integration. As physical operations face high levels of risk, the cyber domain is becoming the safer option and is more cost effective.
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