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The Open Source Initiative (OSI), a long-running institution aiming to define and “steward” all things open source, today released  version 1.0 of its Open Source AI Definition (OSAID). The product of  several years of collaboration with academia and industry, the OSAID is  intended to offer a standard by which anyone can determine whether AI is  open source — or not.

The app famous for  shoving the 18 miles your high school friend’s fiancé runs every  Saturday in your face might actually pose a national security risk. An  investigation by French newspaper Le Monde was able to track the locations of world leaders like Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, and Joe Biden through their bodyguards’ Strava posts.

Journalists  said they found 26 US agents, 12 individuals from the French equivalent  of the Secret Service, and six Russian Federal Protection Service  members on the popular fitness tracking app and discovered sensitive  locations thanks to their data.

UK OSINT Community,  a non-profit aiming to bolster OSINT capabilities nationwide, is  hosting its next meet-up on Tuesday, 24 September 2024. Nearly 200 OSINT  enthusiasts are expected to gather in Fulham, London, following the  first day of the International Security Expo to socialise and network in  an informal setting. 

At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Intel Summit on Sept. 19, you will get a closer look into the IC’s OSINT objectives  during a panel discussion titled “OSINT and AI: Industry as an Enabler.”  This conversation will feature intelligence experts who will evaluate  the role of artificial intelligence in making sense of vast amounts of  open source data and the ways in which industry can help the IC meet  these goals. Keep reading for a closer look at what you will gain from  attending this panel.

The Open-Source Intelligence Market size was valued at USD 6425.89  Million in 2023 and the total Open-Source Intelligence revenue is  expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.63 % from 2024 to 2030, reaching nearly  USD 23887.37 Million by 2030.

Today, seventy-five years after the Alliance was formed, such  open-source intelligence (OSINT) is more important—and more  powerful—than ever. However, underinvestment in OSINT capabilities and a  culture favoring classified data currently hold back member states’  intelligence-collection potential. To fully utilize the available  technology to detect threats from adversaries, NATO member states must  overcome these barriers to embrace open-source intelligence enabled by  artificial intelligence (AI).

As misinformation continues to spread rapidly on social media  platforms, Arab journalists are turning to digital tools to combat the  issue. Open-source intelligence (OSINT) has emerged as a powerful tool  for investigative journalists operating in the Middle East and North  Africa (MENA) region.

Public and private sector organizations are realizing the value that the discipline can provide but are also finding that the exponential growth of digital data in recent years has overwhelmed many traditional OSINT methods. Thankfully, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are starting to provide a transformative impact on the future of information gathering and analysis. 

 Maj. Gen. Matthew Van Wagenen said classical intelligence collection "will never go away," but "the open source piece of this in order to make military decisions, yes, it's absolutely applicable to the contemporary operating environment. It's how do we integrate the two." 

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released the Intelligence Community (IC) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Strategy for 2024-2026.

The investigative journalist group advocates caution in the media's reliance on open-source intelligence and our impulse to always consider the information they offer as credible and verified.

Russia occupies the village of Pishchane in the Kharkiv region, reports DeepState, a Ukrainian crowdsourced OSINT war monitoring service.