Di Cooke

Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident), Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program
Di Cooke

Di Cooke is a non-resident adjunct fellow with the Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She is also an affiliate at the Centre for Governance of AI. Her research focuses on AI capabilities, risk, and governance in military and intelligence contexts, as well as the national security implications of extreme AI threats. She has led research cited by Congress, the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, the UK AI Safety Institute, the UK Ministry of Defence, and the United Nations, and has served as an expert technical adviser for several U.S. congressional AI bills. While at the UK Ministry of Defence, she authored the Responsible AI Assurance Framework, which has since informed the direction of UK defence AI policy, including JSP 936: Dependable Artificial Intelligence in Defence. She has also conducted open-source intelligence investigations on international security matters and trained governments and nonprofit organizations in investigative analysis techniques. She holds an MA in intelligence and international security from King’s College London, where she is also completing a doctorate in security studies.

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Crossing the Deepfake Rubicon

New research finds that we can now no longer trust our eyes and ears to reliably distinguish between real and AI-generated images, audio, and video. What does this mean in a world where the weaponization of synthetic media is becoming increasingly prevalent?

Brief by CSIS Scholars — November 1, 2024

Smart Women, Smart Power Podcast

The Murky World of Deepfakes

In her aptly named scientific study, “As Good as A Coin Toss,” Horizon Fellow Di Cooke joins Dr. Kathleen McInnis to walk through the murky world of deepfakes and the countermeasures that should be prioritized to mitigate the dangers posed by weaponized synthetic media.

Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis and Di Cooke — May 15, 2024

CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power
This Does Not Compute

Promoting the Responsible Use of Synthetic Media

Caitlin Chin speaks with Di Cooke, a visiting fellow with the International Security Program at CSIS, about the rapid growth of synthetic media.

Podcast Episode by Caitlin Chin-Rothmann and Di Cooke — May 10, 2023

CSIS This Does Not Compute