{"slug": "german-bundeswehr-uses-ai-to-screen-applicants-for-right-wing-extremism", "title": "German Bundeswehr Uses AI to Screen Applicants for Right-Wing Extremism", "summary": "Germany's military intelligence agency MAD has deployed a purpose-built AI system, the Assisted Constitutional Loyalty Check (uVTP), to screen Bundeswehr applicants for right-wing extremism since July, according to Spiegel. The software, developed with a German IT company, examines whether applicants propagate extremist content online, follow right-wing accounts, or share such material, and has already scrutinized tens of thousands of applicants, filtering out a low three-digit number for lacking constitutional loyalty. MAD says the tool prepares it for an expected sharp rise in applicant numbers in coming years.", "body_md": "The German military intelligence agency MAD has introduced a specially developed AI system for the first time to identify right-wing extremists among applicants for the Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). According to “Spiegel”, the MAD has been scrutinizing the internet activities of all Bundeswehr applicants since July of this year using the AI software.\n\nThis technology, called the Assisted Constitutional Loyalty Check (uVTP), was specially tailored by the intelligence agency in cooperation with a German IT company to meet the specific needs of the MAD. The AI search examines whether applicants themselves propagate extremist content online, follow right-wing accounts, or further disseminate such material.\n\nThe magazine reported that tens of thousands of applicants have already been scrutinized by the AI software. A low three-digit number of candidates were filtered out due to a lack of constitutional loyalty. With this software, the MAD, which is responsible for security vetting within the Bundeswehr, is preparing for the expected rapid increase in the number of applicants in the coming years.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/german-bundeswehr-uses-ai-to-screen-applicants-for-right-wing-extremism", "canonical_source": "https://news.osna.fm/german-military-intelligence-uses-ai-to-screen-bundeswehr-applicants-for-right-wing-extremism/", "published_at": "2026-10-06 07:49:07+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-06 08:19:07.742331+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["MAD", "Bundeswehr", "Spiegel", "Assisted Constitutional Loyalty Check"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/german-bundeswehr-uses-ai-to-screen-applicants-for-right-wing-extremism", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/german-bundeswehr-uses-ai-to-screen-applicants-for-right-wing-extremism.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/german-bundeswehr-uses-ai-to-screen-applicants-for-right-wing-extremism.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/german-bundeswehr-uses-ai-to-screen-applicants-for-right-wing-extremism.jsonld"}}