Bundeswehr Uses AI to Check Candidates for Neo-Nazism, Writes Spiegel

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The MAD automatically checks Bundeswehr applicants and reservists for »extremism«. Anti-Semitism hunters are also looking for photos on the Internet.

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Since July, the military intelligence service has been investigating the internet activities of all applicants for the Bundeswehr. The specially adapted software is intended to relieve the burden of increasing number of applicants and already has initial consequences.

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In order to keep extremists away from the Bundeswehr, the military intelligence service MAD investigates the Internet accounts of all applicants – by artificial intelligence. And the software will find.

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The new system looks for whether someone posts right content, follows corresponding accounts or redistributes right social media contributions. According to information from the "Spiegel" several ten thousand applicants have already been checked by this system, a low three-digit number has been sorted out because of "missing constitutional consistency". As this is precisely defined, was not communicated. The military shielding service (MAD) expe…

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The military intelligence service MAD uses a specially developed AI system for the first time in order to find right-wing extremists among the applicants for the Bundeswehr. Since July of this year, the MAD has been investigating the Internet activities of all applicants for the Bundeswehr with the AI software, reports the "Spiegel". The so-called Supported Constitutional Confidentiality Examination (uVTP) together with a German IT company has b…