Read Carefully \u2013 Eyes Wide Open<\/a>:<\/p>\n The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has\u00a0contracted<\/a>\u00a0New York-based Accrete AI to deploy software that detects \u201creal time\u201d disinformation threats on social media.<\/em><\/p>\n The company\u2019s Argus anomaly detection AI software analyzes social media data, accurately capturing \u201cemerging narratives\u201d and generating intelligence reports for military forces to speedily neutralize disinformation threats.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSynthetic media, including AI-generated viral narratives, deep fakes, and other harmful social media-based applications of AI, pose a serious threat to US national security and civil society,\u201d Accrete founder and CEO\u00a0Prashant Bhuyan<\/b>\u00a0said.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSocial media is widely recognized as an unregulated environment where adversaries routinely exploit reasoning vulnerabilities and manipulate behavior through the intentional spread of disinformation.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cUSSOCOM is at the tip of the spear in recognizing the critical need to identify and analytically predict social media narratives at an embryonic stage before those narratives evolve and gain traction. Accrete is proud to support USSOCOM\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n But wait\u2026 It gets worse!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [PRIVATE SECTOR VERSION]<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0The company also revealed that it will launch an enterprise version of Argus Social for disinformation detection later this year.<\/em><\/p>\n The AI software will provide protection for \u201curgent customer pain points\u201d against AI-generated synthetic media, such as viral disinformation and deep fakes.<\/em><\/p>\n Providing this protection requires AI that can automatically \u201clearn\u201d what is most important to an enterprise and predict the likely social media narratives that will emerge before they influence behavior. (read more<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n Now, take a deep breath\u2026. Let me explain.<\/p>\n The goal is the \u201cPRIVATE SECTOR VERSION.\u201d\u00a0 USSOCOM is the mechanical funding mechanism for deployment, because the system itself is too costly for a private sector launch.\u00a0 \u00a0The Defense Dept budget is used to contract an Artificial Intelligence system, the Argus anomaly detection AI,<\/em> to monitor social media under the auspices of national security.<\/p>\n Once the DoD funded system is created, the \u201cArgus detection protoco<\/em>l\u201d \u2013 the name given to the AI monitoring and control system, will then be made available to the public sector.\u00a0 \u201cEnterprise Argus\u201d is then the commercial product, created by the DoD, which allows the U.S. based tech sectors to deploy.<\/p>\n The DoD cannot independently contract for the launch of an operation against a U.S. internet network, because of constitutional limits via The Posse<\/b> Comitatus Act, which limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.\u00a0 However, the DoD can fund the creation of the system under the auspices of national defense, and then allow the private sector to launch for the same intents and purposes.\u00a0 \u00a0See how that works?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Using AI for Content Moderation<\/a><\/p>\n Facebook \/ META \/ Tech joining with DHS<\/a><\/p>\n Zoom will allow Content Scraping by AI\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n AI going into The Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n U.S. Govt Going into The Cloud With AI<\/a><\/p>\n Pentagon activates 175 Million IP\u2019s<\/a> 👀**ahem**<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/united-states-cyber-command.jpg\")
<\/a>Gee, who would have predicted that U.S. internet operations would suddenly have a totally new set of enhanced AI guardians at the gateways? 👀<\/p>\nRESOURCES:<\/strong><\/h2>\n