The US National Security Agency is preparing for its biggest organisational shake-up in years, with artificial intelligence and strategic competition with China set to become central pillars of its intelligence operations, according to the Washington Post.
NSA Director General Joshua M. Rudd is reportedly pushing to establish five new divisions by mid-October, with the units expected to become fully operational in early 2027. Citing current and former officials, the newspaper said the new structure would concentrate on artificial intelligence, China, cybersecurity, military support and global intelligence.
The NSA, which is believed to employ around 30,000 military and civilian personnel, is one of Washington’s most powerful intelligence organisations and specialises heavily in signals intelligence and cyber operations. The agency attracted worldwide scrutiny in 2013 after former contractor Edward Snowden disclosed classified documents revealing the extent of US surveillance programmes.
Rudd, who took control of the NSA in March and also leads US Cyber Command, has reportedly accelerated the agency’s adoption of artificial intelligence. Earlier reports claimed the NSA had continued using an advanced Anthropic AI model despite restrictions involving the company and concerns raised by the Pentagon.
Officials familiar with the proposed restructuring said Rudd considers a rapid overhaul necessary to align the agency with emerging national security threats. However, plans to potentially recruit leaders for the five new divisions from outside the NSA have reportedly caused unease among some existing personnel.
Questions have also emerged over whether the ambitious timetable can be achieved. The NSA’s previous large-scale restructuring programme, known as “NSA 21,” began in 2016 under then-director Mike Rogers and was originally expected to take two years, but the Washington Post reported that elements of that transformation remain unfinished.
One official quoted by the newspaper claimed there was still no comprehensive roadmap for implementing Rudd’s changes and suggested the agency could initially make decisions that would later need to be reversed.
The restructuring comes as Washington increasingly views the global race for artificial intelligence technology through the lens of national security and its broader strategic rivalry with Beijing.
US intelligence and cybersecurity agencies recently accused six Chinese AI companies, including DeepSeek and Alibaba, of using large-scale “distillation” techniques to extract capabilities from leading American AI systems. US authorities argued the approach allowed Chinese developers to narrow the technological gap while avoiding enormous research and computing costs.
Although distillation is a widely used technique in AI development, Washington alleged the Chinese companies had employed it on an industrial scale. Beijing rejected the accusations, accusing the United States of attempting to preserve its dominance over the global AI industry and warning that it could respond if Chinese companies face further restrictions.
Well, that was probably one of the most difficult articles to read and understand. From what I can tell, the Chinese are racing ahead with Ai technology. There are many state secrets Snowden said governments are spying on citizens around the world through our smart phones, computers, phones, televisions and other appliances like televisions.
Western governments are working on strategies and laws to prevent China from becoming the dominant Ai leaders. Which they appear to have already done.
Meanwhile people are asking Ai all sorts of uncomfortable questions and the both the west and east are trying to skew the answers.
We are told Ai technology is being combined with humanoid machines that will take over many tasks we humans do.
The New Zealand government wants to give everybody a digital ID under the guise of saving the children from watch adults having sex when the real goel is to track each and every humam activity. What they buy and sell, What they say on line, whom too. Record us all. Their location at all times.
It is up to all of us to make time to get away from our devices. Especially smart phones. Having private conversations in your modern car looks increasingly unlikely. Dishwashers are hooked up to the internet otherwise they won’t work Wondering how much privacy anyone will have. Just waiting for the law that will require smart phones must be with you 24/7.
It looking like a freedom, privacy is taking a backseat and our Government is going along with it.
The NSA has been left in the dust
The red horse has already bolted
China beats them on every level hands down
Its all about control protection and preservation
https://old.bitchute.com/video/K0YJkH0sq49A/
China is miles ahead of the US in A.I. and advanced computer technology.
They are losing and this is yet another sign..It didn’t need to be this way. If the US had matured enough to seek technological co-operation and respected others nations it could still be doing well. This is not however, how Western colonist empires function these days and its why they eventually fail.
These agency based firewalls wont protect them from other nations advances, it will isolate them from global innovation and lead to accelerated decline. NZ would do well to put distance between ourselves and the USA.
Raise your hand if you’re sick of hearing about AI slop.
You ain’t heard nothing yet