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 Artificial intelligence and machine learning can identify threats to an organisation – but at what cost to privacy and whistleblowers?
 There is bound to be a person somewhere right now working on machine learning models to deter crime.
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 Artificial intelligence and machine learning can identify threats to an organisation – but at what cost to privacy and whistleblowers?
 Max Opray Fri 28 Apr ‘17 03.
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 Or maybe you’re plotting to leak sensitive information on the company that just sacked you?
 Either way, you best think twice before making your next move because an all-seeing artificial intelligence might just be analysing every email you send, every file you upload, every room you scan into – even your coffee routine.
 The latest wave of cyber-defence technology employs machine learning to monitor use of the ever-expanding number of smart household objects connected to the Internet of Things – shutting down hackers before they’ve broken into corporate databases or whistleblowers before they’ve forwarded on information to the media.