The British government has granted £600,000 ($845,000) to a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to detect terrorist and extremist content online. ASI Data Science, based in London, has developed the software, which uses an algorithm to recognise content that exhibits characteristics typical of terrorist groups such as Islamic State. In its first test on Twitter, the software was able to identify more than 1,000 tweets from accounts linked with ISIS.
The British government has granted £600,000 ($845,000) to a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to detect terrorist and extremist content online. ASI Data Science, based in London, has developed the software, which uses an algorithm to recognise content that exhibits characteristics typical of terrorist groups such as Islamic State. The company said it can detect 94% of such uploads and provides a means to block them, minimising the resources required by smaller internet companies to monitor their sites.