Comment by photochemsyn
2 years ago
The difference between previously revealed 'Gospel' and this 'Lavender' is revealed here:
> "The Lavender machine joins another AI system, “The Gospel,” about which information was revealed in a previous investigation by +972 and Local Call in November 2023, as well as in the Israeli military’s own publications. A fundamental difference between the two systems is in the definition of the target: whereas The Gospel marks buildings and structures that the army claims militants operate from, Lavender marks people — and puts them on a kill list."
It's one thing to use these systems to mine data on human populations for who might be in the market for a new laptop, so they can be targeted with advertisements - it's quite different to target people with bombs and drones based on this technology.
The link between targeting - whether for advertisements or for death - is quite disturbing.
Both use personal metadata, and both can horribly get it wrong.