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Meta has a law-enforcement outreach team that uses AI alongside human reviewers to analyse social-media posts for potential threats, including school shootings, according to a New Yorker report published on 24 October.
Why it mattersThat makes this a concrete example of AI being used in threat assessment, not just content recommendation. The report’s summary describes the team’s aim, not evidence that its analysis prevents attacks or how reliably it identifies threats.
Discuss: When AI helps identify possible threats, what should matter more: preventing missed warnings, or limiting false alarms and unnecessary scrutiny?
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