Precrime Artificial intelligence system can predict data theft by scanning email...

[Tech_Dreamer]

Not the 'minority report' kind of  precrime that you were expecting.. Basically a variant of risk prediction technology

 

 

 

Nevertheless this is an interesting story , The artificial intelligence (most probably like the heuristic analysis like AV's use)  was developed to scan employees emails to search for pattern on whether the employee is potentially going to to giveaway/sell classified business details of the company,

 

 

The feature follows the arrest in July of an engineer who allegedly stole personal data of 20+ million users personal data of Benesse, the parent company of Berlitz language schools in Japan, to sell them for a profit.The incident was one of Japan’s largest data leak

 

 

The artificial intelligence system developed by UBIC’s system dubbed Virtual Data Scientist, can sift through messages and identify senders whose writing suggests they are in financial straits or disgruntled about how their employer treats them.

 

 

“The Risk Prediction function can detect which risk phase the company is facing and alerts in advance so that the company can make the crisis prevention before the incident takes place”

 

The system is built on established human expertise.The Virtual Data Scientist trains itself by studying and emulating the techniques of professional auditors. It can then bring those techniques to bear by scanning massive volumes of email. UBIC says it’s more efficient than traditional manual keyword searches and that even subtle indications of fraud can be detected.

 

The approach links machine learning with analysis of big data and behavioral sciences such as psychology and criminology. The emerging field is known as "behavior informatics" and it has its own IEEE task force and other research groups.

 

UBIC’s system currently works in Japanese only, but support for English and other languages is being added

 

 

 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2691132/artificial-intelligence-system-can-predict-data-theft-by-scanning-email.html

 

Post your thoughts & rants down below, is it a fair system to snoop on employee email regardless of the risk it carries? post your comments below

[askmax]

Sounds like something outta person of interest.

[Enderman]

I bet I could trick it to think I would

[zanduh]

Never use work email for personal stuff. Boom I'm now a crime lord. 

[Tagiau]

That was a very good movie, well the movie that featured a company called Precrime, that wasn't exactly ai. But still. 

[Trik'Stari]

Oh look, more G.I.G.O bullshit.

 

Garbage In, Garbage Out,

Or in the case of governments and businesses

Garbage In, Gospel Out.

[dragosudeki]

Probably made with the NSA and Snowden situation in mind.

[brownninja97]

psycho pass is becoming a thing, people are gonna get judged by robots as to whether they are gonna commit a crime and then get thrown in jail before they do anything in order words every person that rage quits from a game gets thrown in jail

[mr.squishy]

psycho pass is becoming a thing, people are gonna get judged by robots as to whether they are gonna commit a crime and then get thrown in jail before they do anything in order words every person that rage quits from a game gets thrown in jail

Beat me to it