Social media focusAI has widespread functions, from battlefield weapons to the potential to help quickly rebuild computer systems and programs brought down by hacking attacks, as one official described. Combing social media for intelligence in itself is not new, said Joseph Gartin, head of the CIA's Kent School, which teaches intelligence analysis. "What is new is the volume and velocity of collecting social media data," he said. "Human behavior is data and AI is a data model," he said at the Intelligence Summit. Eight million analystsThe volume of data that can be collected increases exponentially with advances in satellite and signals intelligence collection technology.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 09, 2017 06:10 UTC