'I'd be astonished if the NSA wasn't using AI to scan communications,' warns artificial intelligence expert

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Mark Bishop, professor of cognitive computing at Goldsmiths College: 'AI can be used by the intelligence agencies to spy on us quite effectively'

It would be ‘astonishing' if intelligence agencies such as GCHQ and the NSA weren't using artificial intelligence (AI) programmes in order to monitor the email communications of citizens, an expert...

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