# GEOINT AI Models Should Be Accredited for Decentralized Innovation by Frank Whitworth
> "We accredit GEOINT AI models to enable decentralized innovation – and we will work hard to make the process swift and repeatable…not like an onerous authority-to-operate."
> **— Frank Whitworth**, *May 19, 2025, 2025 GEOINT Symposium Keynote*
## Sources and Context
- **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [2025 GEOINT Symposium Keynote](https://www.nga.mil/news/VADM_Whitworth_Delivers_Keynote_at_2025_GEOINT_Sym.html) — The NGA director describes accreditation as infrastructure for decentralized model development.
- **Routing classification:** CT-enabling public GEOINT conference discourse. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission.
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"We accredit GEOINT AI models to enable decentralized innovation – and we will work hard to make the process swift and repeatable…not like an onerous authority-to-operate."
— Frank Whitworth, May 19, 2025, 2025 GEOINT Symposium Keynote
https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-conference-geoint-ai-models-should-be-accredited-for-decentralized-innovation
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