In meetings during the pandemic with Chinese technology contractors, Chinese spies complained that surveillance cameras tracking foreign diplomats, military officers and intelligence operatives in Beijing’s embassy district fell short of their needs.
- The spies asked for an artificial intelligence program that would create instant dossiers on every person of interest in the area and analyze their behavior patterns.
- They proposed feeding the A.I. program information from databases and scores of cameras that would include car license plates, cellphone data, contacts and more.