US Secret Service buys software that recognizes sarcasm in social networks

In the order, выложенном online Monday, SS describes the need for services that can, among other things, to analyze large amounts of data from social media and visualize the result. Recognition of sarcasm - just one of the many functions required software, but it has attracted the attention of journalists, "The Washington Post", headlines that sound (in the test, presumably, order): "Secret Service needed software that recognizes sarcasm in social networks. (Ага, luck) »and« Secret Service needed software that recognizes sarcasm in social networks. Не doubt that this will work ».



By the way, the development of software that recognizes sarcasm - are very real. A year ago Habré slipped article that the French company Spotter developed a tool which, according to them, is able to identify sarcasm in the comments on the Internet .

As reported by Slashdot, this problem does not only Spotter: IBM, Salesforce and several large IT-companies are also actively working on analytical software that can recognize the user comments, loving like allegory blockquote> So the Secret Service will be of choose from. It remains to understand why they need it. SS, if someone does not know, the equivalent of our FSO - worked to protect top officials. Perhaps they think that stinging users are at risk.



(But in Russia would simply enter the mandatory use of the tag irony and penalties for non-compliance.)

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/225229/