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15. Having computers pluck key words out of phone calls has been around for decades

Reply to hunter (Reply #13)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:01 AM

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Say “Allah,” or any number of other key words, and computers will flag and mark for listening almost any phone call on any device. To program AI to recognize which of those conversations are potentially of interest, and to recognize every nuance in every known language and dialect would have to be a formidable task, though.

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