Cambridge startupRecorded Futuretrawls the internet for raw datum that it uses in an endeavor to betoken world events — intelligibly interesting stuff . But what do both Google and the CIA both see in the company?Wired dig deeper .
Pulling in data from over half a million websites , Twitter feed , and web log post , Recorded Future ’s “ spatial and temporal analysis ” engine — hunting that covers both the where and when of an upshot — claims to trim down newsworthy effect like missile launches and terrorist attack to factors that can be detected before the next occurrence .
The ability to foretell what masses will be caring about ( and searching for ) is of obvious interest to a company like Google , whose investment in Recorded Futures is old news . But what has not been so obvious is thatIn - Q - Tel , the investing arm of the US intelligence community , invested in Recorded Futures along with Google in 2009 . The exact sum both that either mathematical group has put into the startup is n’t known , other than that it is under $ 10 million , but both have members on Recorded Future ’s board of directors .
https://gizmodo.com/google-is-building-a-secret-time-machine-5532048
Wired ’s Noah Shachtman point out that this is n’t the first fourth dimension Google and the word biotic community have done business sector together . Nor is anyone accusing the two of collude on some sinister plot , so put the tinfoil hat back in its draftsman for now . But the fact of the matter is that , for the first prison term , Google and the CIA have a unattackable common interest in the same project , and are actively contribute advice and insight to Recorded Futures — a donation the company ’s chief executive officer says has been “ very helpful . ”
What you make of this fact depends part on your opinion of both Google and the CIA , but it certainly lends some credence to those who think the former is n’t rent its peaceful , “ do n’t be evil ” ethos as gravely as it once claimed . But even some used to aiming a critical eye at the nation ’s intelligence setup evoke a waiting and see attitude . explain Steven Aftergood , Director of the Project on Government Secrecy at theFederation of American Scientists , “ to me , whether this is troublesome or not calculate on the degree of foil involved . ” Should we be left in the dark regarding the CIA and Google ’s kinship vis - à - vis Recorded Future , Aftergood expects the rise of “ public incredulity or worse , both here and abroad , and not without reason . ” [ Wired ]
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