The FBI is seeking an artificial intelligence system that could flag Americans as threats before they break any law, according to a federal procurement request that ties the tool to President Donald Trump's expanded hunt for domestic 'threats'.
The request was posted quietly in March by the procurement arm of the bureau's Threat Screening Center (TSC), the office that runs the US terrorist watch list. The full document was obtained and first reported by Reason, which found the bureau asking vendors for predictive capabilities built on the government's own data.
