AI to Monitor Foreign Press for Threats

jefu writes "According to the New York Times, the US Department of Homeland Security is funding AI tools to monitor the foreign press in order to detect threats to the United States. While the article says there are restrictions on doing this kind of monitoring within the US, there are no restrictions on media outside the US. (No hint is given as to how this would apply to syndicated articles written in the US and published abroad.) This is as yet experimental."

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We keep adjusting it, Sir

[ackthpt]

According to the New York Times, the US Department of Homeland Security is funding AI tools to monitor the foreign press in order to detect threats to the United States.

"We keep it, Sir, but it still comes up with the number one threat to the US is Donald Rumsfeld."

Legality?

[tbone1]

So let me get this straight: It's illegal to do, basically, a 'grep -i "Kill the infidel"' on newspaper articles that are freely available to every Tom, Dick, and Achmed around the world?

Remember, when grep is outlawed, only outlaws will have grep

Re:Obligatory

[tbone1]

And so, SkyNet became self-aware and bombed al Jazeera and the New York Times.

Throw in Sam Donaldson and I'll hold its coat and applaud.