German Bundeswehr Uses AI to Screen Applicants for Right-Wing Extremism

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The German military intelligence agency MAD has introduced a specially developed AI system for the first time to identify right-wing extremists among applicants for the Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). According to “Spiegel”, the MAD has been scrutinizing the internet activities of all Bundeswehr applicants since July of this year using the AI software. This technology, called the Assisted Constitutional Loyalty Check (uVTP), was specially tailored by the intelligence agency in cooperation with a German IT company to meet the specific needs of the MAD.

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