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What we know about MI6

It's all right. Yeah. So today, MI6, they're realizing openly in interviews and stuff that they really need to start keeping up with technology because of like facial recognition and surveillance states like that China has and the UK. It's basically impossible to create an agent somewhere. Like human intelligence is really hard to do now. Especially in China.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

It's all right. Yeah. So today, MI6, they're realizing openly in interviews and stuff that they really need to start keeping up with technology because of like facial recognition and surveillance states like that China has and the UK. It's basically impossible to create an agent somewhere. Like human intelligence is really hard to do now. Especially in China.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Yes. And apparently they're starting to use AI to run scenarios and situations to predict how somebody will behave in different situations. That's a new one they're starting to do too. So I don't know how ahead of the curve they are. And it sounds to me a little bit like they're behind the curve, but at least they're realizing they need to wake up and smell the hard drives. Yeah. Sorry.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Yes. And apparently they're starting to use AI to run scenarios and situations to predict how somebody will behave in different situations. That's a new one they're starting to do too. So I don't know how ahead of the curve they are. And it sounds to me a little bit like they're behind the curve, but at least they're realizing they need to wake up and smell the hard drives. Yeah. Sorry.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Yes. And apparently they're starting to use AI to run scenarios and situations to predict how somebody will behave in different situations. That's a new one they're starting to do too. So I don't know how ahead of the curve they are. And it sounds to me a little bit like they're behind the curve, but at least they're realizing they need to wake up and smell the hard drives. Yeah. Sorry.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Oh, that's even better. So we just edit that in, but you say it.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Oh, that's even better. So we just edit that in, but you say it.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Oh, that's even better. So we just edit that in, but you say it.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Right. It is still risky, though, is I can't remember what year it was. In the 2010s, I believe, there was a codebreaker for MI6 named Gareth Williams who was found dead in his bathroom inside a tote bag that was locked from the outside.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Right. It is still risky, though, is I can't remember what year it was. In the 2010s, I believe, there was a codebreaker for MI6 named Gareth Williams who was found dead in his bathroom inside a tote bag that was locked from the outside.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Right. It is still risky, though, is I can't remember what year it was. In the 2010s, I believe, there was a codebreaker for MI6 named Gareth Williams who was found dead in his bathroom inside a tote bag that was locked from the outside.

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What we know about MI6

Either that or that it was like a sex game gone wrong and the partner like took off, freaked out and took off. I think that's the official explanation. But there was a former KGB agent who came forward in 2015 and said no. That guy, the Russians tried to recruit him and he said no. And so they killed him.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Either that or that it was like a sex game gone wrong and the partner like took off, freaked out and took off. I think that's the official explanation. But there was a former KGB agent who came forward in 2015 and said no. That guy, the Russians tried to recruit him and he said no. And so they killed him.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Either that or that it was like a sex game gone wrong and the partner like took off, freaked out and took off. I think that's the official explanation. But there was a former KGB agent who came forward in 2015 and said no. That guy, the Russians tried to recruit him and he said no. And so they killed him.

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What we know about MI6

Oh, my God. I think that's a pretty good way to wrap up this episode, if not have wrapped it up 30 seconds before you said that.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Oh, my God. I think that's a pretty good way to wrap up this episode, if not have wrapped it up 30 seconds before you said that.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Oh, my God. I think that's a pretty good way to wrap up this episode, if not have wrapped it up 30 seconds before you said that.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Well, since we both agree that this episode is wrapped up, then that means it's time for Listener Mail.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Well, since we both agree that this episode is wrapped up, then that means it's time for Listener Mail.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Well, since we both agree that this episode is wrapped up, then that means it's time for Listener Mail.