There are fears in the US that China is using artificial intelligence (AI) to spy on Americans on a scale “never before possible”. writes about this newspaper Wall StreetJournal.
“The FBI and other agencies believe China may use artificial intelligence to collect and store data on Americans on a scale not previously possible,” the text continues.
The problem became so acute last year that the head of the FBI and heads of Western intelligence held a meeting with representatives of this technological field in October.
According to the WSJ, the United States believes Chinese officials could use the collected personal data to identify American spies and spy on officials in the White House.
“They are already trying to use artificial intelligence to develop large-scale hacking operations, using our own technology against us,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said, according to the newspaper.
Before now Taiwan presented Ten people, including active and retired military personnel, were charged with suspicion of spying on behalf of China.
Previously Britain accused China of recruiting officers for espionage.