CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis disclosed on April 17 that the agency created its first intelligence report generated autonomously by AI with no human involvement in the writing process, marking a symbolic milestone in intelligence automation. The agency ran more than 300 AI projects in 2025, with one producing a fully machine-authored assessment; officials declined to identify its topic, classification level, or the model used. Ellis said AI coworkers will be embedded in all analytic platforms within two years, with officers eventually managing teams of AI agents as autonomous mission partners. The agency frames the shift as strategically essential for maintaining intelligence superiority against China, though human analysts retain final sign-off for now, according to Government Executive reporting.