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US and Chinese AI earth observation programmes trained thanks to free European data

Google, Microsoft and a Chinese Academy of Sciences laboratory recently presented their respective new tools and services for producing geospatial intelligence data using AI. Their algorithms were mainly trained using European satellite data in free access, a state of affairs the EU authorities do not seem to mind.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE hits French TV, Beijing influencing Putin on Pyongyang, US's Arctic diplomacy, Tracfin departure

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceRivalry between the DGSE and the Special Forces played out on TV

ChinaGuoanbu instructed to temper Russia's relations with North Korea

USCongress looks to establish Arctic ambassador-at-large

FranceTracfin's point of contact with banks to step down

France
TotalEnergies poaches new head of public affairs from Amazon France

The French oil giant has picked a former senior civil servant working for Amazon France to succeed Claire Legras as head of public affairs.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
G3, CRI, Arcanum, Aperio

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonDavid Scholey leaves G3 but stays at Cranemere

LondonAmelie de Borchgrave moves from KPMG to CRI

WashingtonArcanum takes on a new special forces officer

LondonAperio loses its ex-Soviet Union expert

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Amazon, Oracle: Pentagon cloud mega-contract influence peddlers settle scores in court

Big Pentagon digital storage contracts have been the subject of some of the largest influence campaigns in Washington in recent years, now pursued in the courts of Washington and London.

Spotlight | Moldova, Russia
A Russian fixer's epic journey from post-Soviet Russia to a $1bn Moldovan investigation

Mark Garber, who for decades has worked for oligarchs in the shadows, has now been connected to firms suspected of laundering money in Moldova.

The Tech Telegraph
ChapsVision, Singapore delegation in Rennes, low-cost SIGINT for Kyiv

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

ParisServices concerned by build of French technical intelligence monopoly around ChapsVision

RennesInterior minister pampers Singapore delegation

KyivUkrainian troops on the front bulk up on low-cost SIGINT

Spotlight | United States
Corporate intel firms snap up national security talents ahead of election campaign

WestExec, Pallas and Beacon Global have all taken on former CIA and Pentagon officials affiliated with both parties. The 2024 presidential candidates are sure to view industry firms as oases to find political advisers and, for the winner, the staff for the new administration.

Spotlight | United States
Intelligence Authorization Act's expected gravy train prompts Capitol Hill lobbying stampede

Lobbyists from the intelligence and defence industry are poised for battle ahead of the vote on the intelligence budget, which exceeds $100bn for the first time.