- to try and comb the internet for useful clues and potential security threats

• An AI program developed by the CIA will be rolled out across the US government's 18 intelligence agencies 
• The push comes as experts fear China has taken a command over the technology on the global stage
• Despite fears that AI is not fully understood, the CIA's AI boss Randy Nixon said it could grow with 'no limitations other than how much things cost'

By WILL POTTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The CIA is set to launch its own ChatGPT-style AI tool to help sift through mountains of data for clues in ongoing investigations. 

Intended to mirror the famed OpenAI tech, the Central Intelligence Agency's latest initiative will use artificial intelligence to help analysts better access open-source intelligence, agency officials said. 

The CIA's Open Source Enterprise division developed the tech, which is also intended to be rolled out across the US government's 18 intelligence agencies in an effort to rival China's growing intelligence capabilities. 

'We’ve gone from newspapers and radio, to newspapers and television, to newspapers and cable television, to basic internet, to big data, and it just keeps going,' said Randy Nixon, director of the CIA's AI division. 

Nixon noted that analyzing the level of data across the web is a significant challenge that the AI program would help handle, adding: 'We have to find the needles in the needle field.'

The CIA's Open Source Enterprise division has developed a ChatGPT-like AI program, which will be rolled out across the US government's 18 intelligence agencies