China’s spy agency has reportedly taken help of artificial intelligence (AI) to challenge the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in tracking spies from the United States and other adversaries of China.
In meetings during the pandemic with Chinese technology contractors, they complained that surveillance cameras tracking foreign diplomats, military officers and intelligence operatives in Beijing’s embassy district fell short of their needs. To subscribe please click tau.id/2iy6f and access our live channel.
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The spies asked for an artificial intelligence program that would create instant dossiers on every person of interest in the area and analyze their behavior patterns. They proposed feeding the A.I. program information from databases and scores of cameras that would include car license plates, cellphone data, contacts and more.
The A.I.-generated profiles would allow the Chinese spies to select targets and pinpoint their networks and vulnerabilities, according to internal meeting memos obtained by a leading news agency in USA. With more resources at its disposal under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, China’s primary intelligence agency Ministry of State Security (MSS) now adopts new methodologies.
In recent years, it has built itself up through wider recruitment, including of American citizens. The agency has also sharpened itself through better training, a bigger budget and the use of advanced technologies. It includes facial recognition technology to compile profiles on individuals of interest, monitoring their movements, contacts, and identifying potential vulnerabilities.
The United States and China are entangled in a geo-economic tussle over development of advanced technologies — including the semiconductor chips — that have military and civilian applications. The country also focuses on outfoxing in emerging technologies, such as AI, quantum computing, and biotechnology.
