Blackbird.AI at the AIRIP Global Intelligence Forum

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How does narrative intelligence support risk intelligence teams? Narrative intelligence adds context around the people, networks, and behaviors driving threats, helping teams identify coordinated activity, bot-like amplification, and how narratives are spreading.

What signals can help risk teams identify escalation early? Exposed PII, doxxing, increased executive mentions, coordinated amplification, and sudden shifts in narrative activity can signal growing reputational, operational, or physical risk.

Blackbird.AI joined risk intelligence professionals in Indianapolis for the 9th Annual AIRIP Global Intelligence Forum, hosted by the Association of International Risk Intelligence Professionals. Daniel González (Senior Solutions Consultant) and Amanda Burkard (Marketing Manager) spent time at the forum connecting with attendees and discussing how AI and narrative intelligence are changing the way organizations detect and respond to emerging threats.

This year’s forum theme focused on “Human-AI Collaboration in Intelligence,” with sessions examining how AI is changing intelligence workflows while reinforcing the importance of human judgment and verification. The sessions examined how AI is embedded in intelligence analysis and threat assessments today.

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How State Actors Are Using AI

We enjoyed the session “The Adversary’s Playbook: How State Actors Are Exploiting AI-Enhanced Intelligence Workflows,” presented by Sam Lichtenstein of RANE and Elicia Williams of NISOS. The discussion examined how state actors use AI to manipulate, deceive, and target intelligence workflows through highly organized, industrial-scale operations.

The session focused on DPRK-linked employment fraud. NISOS documented a cell that submitted more than 166,000 job applications using stolen identities, AI-generated resumes, and falsified credentials to secure remote technology roles. AI voiceovers, deepfakes, and translation tools also helped candidates get through interviews and ultimately get hired at US-based companies.

For risk intelligence teams, operations at this scale show why it is important to look beyond individual signals. Coordinated actors can use AI across multiple parts of a campaign, making it harder to see how separate signals connect. Narrative intelligence can help teams identify the actors, networks, and behaviors behind that coordination and understand how the operation is developing.

The Way Forward: Key Takeaways for Risk Professionals

Narrative attacks can create reputational, financial, operational, and executive risk. Risk teams need to understand how threats are spreading, who is influencing a narrative, and whether the activity is coordinated so they can make faster decisions and protect executives and operations.

For risk teams, the next step is building narrative risk into existing intelligence workflows:

• Add narrative risk to the threat picture. Narrative attacks can create reputational, financial, operational, and executive risk.
• Monitor for early signs of escalation. Watch for changes that may indicate online activity is developing into a more serious threat.
• Use narrative intelligence to add context. Understanding who is driving a narrative and how it is spreading gives risk teams a stronger basis for action.

Thank you to AIRIP and Amy Brann Bloomhuff, Esq., CAE, for planning a fantastic event. We enjoyed getting to know fellow AIRIP members and learning more about the risk intelligence landscape.