The UK government has developed AI so powerful it can block 99.99% of ISIS propaganda videos before they reach the internet

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  • The British government has developed AI technology which can scan videos and work out whether they contain extremist content.
  • It gave £600,000 ($834,000) of public money to tech firm ASI Data Science to build it.
  • The firm claims its tech can distinguish news from propaganda with near-perfect accuracy.
  • It is designed to stop ISIS taking advantage of second-tier social media platforms to spread their message.

Published February 14, 2018

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