Intelligence

• [New] Cyber attacks targeting the unprotected physical servers and electrical infrastructure supporting allied intelligence communities will delay the ability to generate a clear picture of the PRC's actions.
• [New] Acquisitions of Intouch and AIS will create long-term benefit as both companies have strong potentials and cash flows as Thailand's leading telecommunication companies.
• [New] Big data and artificial intelligence will increasingly play a vital role in the future of agricultural technologies and innovation.
• [New] The United States will need to construct an extensive transport network to move CO 2 from capture facilities and develop underground injection sites to store it.
• [New] AI could vastly reduce human error, improve analysis and forecasting, and make service provision more efficient and tailored for the diversity of populations and communities around the globe.
• [New] The European Commission is about to release an important policy package, which will include a proposal for a Regulation on a European Approach for Artificial intelligence.
• [New] IT will push AI at a larger scale: In the year 2020, there was a substantial amount of adoption of AI by IT organizations.
• [New] Companies that develop prohibited AI services, or supply incorrect information or fail to cooperate with the national authorities could be fined up to 4% of global revenue.
• [New] The European Union is poised to ban artificial intelligence systems used for mass surveillance or for ranking social behavior, while companies developing AI could face fines as high as 4% of global revenue if they fail to comply with new rules governing the software applications.
• [New] The Russian Intelligence Services - specifically the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate, and the Foreign Intelligence Service - have executed some of the most dangerous and disruptive cyber attacks in recent history, including the SolarWinds cyber attack.
• [New] Outsourcing cyber attacks allows Russia to create plausible deniability and lower the risks and costs associated with controversial foreign information campaigns.
• [New] AI technology will allow the rate of innovation in New Zealand to double and employee productivity gains are also expected to increase 1.5 times.
• [New] GovSatCom will be a vital EU project for the next few years, especially as the United States, China and Russia are all modernising their military intelligence and communications systems.
• [New] The European Commission will seek to outlaw Artificial Intelligence systems used for indiscriminate surveillance operations as part of new prohibitions to be put forward next week.
• [New] China is a an unparalleled priority for the Intelligence Community, and that Beijing possesses substantial cyber capabilities that if deployed, at a minimum, can cause localized, temporary disruptions to critical infrastructure inside the United States.
• [New] Canadian startup BlueDot has successfully used artificial intelligence to trace and predict outbreaks by analyzing unstructured data in social media and news reporting.
• [New] Kroger is debuting a customer fulfillment center (CFC), which will combine vertical integration, machine learning and robotics with affordable, friendly and fast delivery service for fresh food.
• [New] For all firms, 2021 will be a year of changing how they do business, how they reach out to customers, how they make the most of AI and machine learning and how they adopt new digital solutions.
• [New] Open Climate Fix in the UK will use machine learning and satellite data to improve the forecasting of solar electricity-supporting the greening of electricity supplies.

Last updated: 20 April 2021