NEW | Apple Acquires Israeli “Pre-Speech” Firm Linked to Gaza Genocide
Apple has quietly spent nearly $2 billion to acquire http://Q.ai, an Israeli startup developing “pre-speech” technology capable of reading facial micro-movements to anticipate what someone is about to say.
The acquisition has sparked outrage as the company’s founders, veterans of Israel’s Unit 81, Unit 8200, and the Air Force intelligence, played active roles in Israel’s military operations during the genocide on Gaza.
The startup, with a single-page website and no commercial product, embodies a deeply troubling intersection of invasive technology and human rights violations. According to early investors, around 30% of http://Q.ai’s staff were mobilized during Israel’s attacks on Gaza, under the command of ICC-indicted war criminal Yoav Gallant.
http://Q.ai’s patents reveal technology that can detect silent speech, emotional states, and biometric identifiers like heart rate and breathing, potentially allowing devices to interpret words before they are spoken. While tech analysts speculate that Apple intends to use it for non-verbal control of devices, the implications for surveillance, privacy, and authoritarian control are profound.
