Leah Siskind
Research Fellow, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Leah Siskind is a research fellow at the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where she focuses on the adversarial use of artificial intelligence by state and non-state actors targeting the United States and its allies. Before joining FDD, Leah served as the deputy director of the AI Corps at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She previously spent four years with the U.S. Digital Service in the White House, where she led efforts to modernize government technology. Her private sector experience includes roles at data and analytics companies such as Palantir and Uptake.
OPINION — Elected officials are both the bullseye and the bait for AI-driven influence campaigns launched by foreign adversaries. They are targeted with disinformation meant to sway their opinions [...] More
