Internet Searches for Vetting, Investigations, and Open-Source Intelligence

INTERNET SEARCHES FOR VETTING, INVESTIGATIONS, AND INTELLIGENCE

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The above process could include articial intelligence (AI; a complex

set of algorithms to allow the computer system to decide the highest-value

retrieved data and place them into a draft report according to criteria pro-

grammed into the software). One type of AI might eliminate all conrm-

ing facts found (e.g., references that show the subject has the same address

and prole already known) and report only conicting or derogatory nd-

ings. AI would allow more processing and less human analysis, but in the

end, there is a need for analysts to make decisions about which references

are identiable with the subject, which are usable based on policy and

standards of reporting, ...