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04-16-2016, 02:19 PM
The CIA is very interested in your tweets and Instagram photos
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Soft robots that*can grasp delicate objects, computer algorithms designed to spot an “insider threat,” and artificial intelligence that will sift through large data sets*—*these are just a few of the*tech**logies being pursued by companies with investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital firm, according to a document (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2803266-Iqtdoc.html) obtained by The Intercept.
Yet among the 38 previously undisclosed companies receiving In-Q-Tel funding, the research focus that stands out is social media mining and surveillance; the portfolio document lists several tech companies pursuing work in this area, including Dataminr, Geofeedia, PATHAR, and TransVoyant. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/15/cia-investments-social-media-mining/)
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Soft robots that*can grasp delicate objects, computer algorithms designed to spot an “insider threat,” and artificial intelligence that will sift through large data sets*—*these are just a few of the*tech**logies being pursued by companies with investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital firm, according to a document (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2803266-Iqtdoc.html) obtained by The Intercept.
Yet among the 38 previously undisclosed companies receiving In-Q-Tel funding, the research focus that stands out is social media mining and surveillance; the portfolio document lists several tech companies pursuing work in this area, including Dataminr, Geofeedia, PATHAR, and TransVoyant. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/15/cia-investments-social-media-mining/)
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