ODNI is building a framework to boost spy agencies’ AI adoption

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a House Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on the 2026 Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 19, 2026. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is developing a policy framework and accompanying standards to speed AI adoption for cybersecurity and other tech tools across the intelligence community, as part of a broad cybersecurity and IT modernization effort launched under the Trump administration last year.

ODNI has also sought to tighten the intelligence community’s cyber posture, including through modernizing networks, standing up a shared authorization repository, pushing a zero-trust model and expanding threat hunting, according to an ODNI official who requested anonymity under ground rules accompanying a news release on the modernization efforts.

The office, which oversees America’s spy agencies and programs, is also working to ...