But these blank-looking warehouses are home to an artificial intelligence (AI) company used by the government to monitor people’s posts on social media. ADVERTISEMENTIt does this by “ingesting” material from more than hundreds of thousands of media sources and “all public posts on major social media platforms”, using AI to identify those that are potentially problematic. He deploys it alongside what Logically claims is “one of the world’s largest dedicated fact-checking teams”, spread between the UK, Europe and India. It is a model that has helped the firm to secure a string of contracts. Logically says it does not pass the evidence it collects for the UK government along to Facebook — but Logically’s partnership with the social media firm has sparked concerns amongst freedom of speech campaigners.

Source: The Telegraph June 04, 2023 12:25 UTC