Israel to deploy ‘Morpheus’ AI system to monitor soldiers’ social media

The Israeli army said it will deploy a new Artificial Intelligence technology system called Morpheus to monitor the social media accounts of its soldiers and verify everything they post, including texts, pictures, and videos.

The Israeli army radio reported on Wednesday that Hamas had established a huge intelligence network before 7 October 2023, through which it obtained information about the army and its movements from soldiers’ accounts on social media platforms.

The radio station added that the new step aims to "reduce this phenomenon", adding that if necessary, the system will be able to identify cases for review by information security officials.

The report said that during a four-month trial phase of the system, accounts of 45,000 soldiers were monitored, and thousands of cases were recorded that required deletion of posts deemed sensitive.