The report on the CIA’s alleged use of a system dubbed “Ghost Murmur” — a tool capable of detecting a human heartbeat from long distances using AI and advanced sensing — offers a glimpse into how rapidly surveillance and detection technologies are evolving.
If accurate, this kind of capability raises significant questions about the future of warfare, intelligence gathering, and privacy. Technologies that can identify individuals based on biological signals could transform search-and-rescue missions, battlefield awareness, and even urban surveillance. At the same time, they blur the line between defensive and invasive use — especially if adapted for tracking civilians or monitoring populations without consent.
Looking ahead, the key discussion is not just what these tools can do today, but how they scale. Could similar systems become standard in military operations? Might they eventually be miniaturised or commercialised, appearing in law enforcement or private-sector security? And what safeguards, if any, will exist to prevent misuse as sensing technologies become more precise and harder to detect?
This development invites a broader conversation about the trajectory of AI-enhanced sensing, the ethics of biometric detection at a distance, and whether current legal frameworks are equipped for a future where “finding someone” could become nearly unavoidable.
ambientocclusion on
Trump just can’t stop revealing our secrets, can he? He just can’t help himself.
Whornz4 on
With the Trump administration all state secrets like this technology can be spilled for political gain, personal enrichment or for use of harm of domestic enemies.
No they didn’t, where’s the photo op of the rescued pilot?
FunGoolAGotz on
I don’t understand why these guys have to discuss the details at all, giving away their methods!?!
brokenmessiah on
This is written to sound more interesting than it actually is.
Stepfordhusband69 on
Typical Reddit. America does something futuristic, heroic, and cool, this sub: let me tell you why this didn’t happen or was a bad thing.
xxxx69420xx on
in like 2015 there was a report from the pentagon of a tool that could detect anyone on earth from just a heartbeat so not that new
army2693 on
I’m surprised trump didnt explain the secrets behind it.
BadBadBunnyBunny on
You heard of the discombobulator, wait til you see the comefindbobulator
Lanky-Detail3380 on
I mean where the guy went down he was 30 miles from the uranium deposit president jimmy carter tried to deal with, so theres that
hyperdream on
>The CIA deployed technology known as „Ghost Murmur“ to locate the crew member, The New York Post revealed.
>The system detects the electromagnetic signature of a human heartbeat then using artificial intelligence software to filter out the signal from background interference.
This just sounds like a made-up story to cover for something else.
ezrapoundcakes on
Maybe we could try the never-before-used tool of NOT ELECTING A POS WHO WILL DRAG US INTO ENDLESS WARS TO DISTRACT FROM THEIR OWN PEDOPHILIA next time …
MBSMD on
Sounds like how they scan for life signs on Star Trek
SupportMainMan on
Is this how the Star Trek scan the planet for lifeforms thing works?
SentientFotoGeek on
That’s a complicated way of lying about a low power spread spectrum transceiver, lol.
joshberry90 on
Tom Clancy wrote about something similar in his book Rainbow Six in 1998, so to say it’s never been used is hilarious.
Bikrdude on
Or, they used something entirely different and are saying this to not reveal it
Bunsen_Burn on
Oh they used AI to plan the recovery?
No wonder they landed C130s in sand 100 miles from the crash
DazHawt on
Trump and this administration treat any advantage or surprise we might have had like disposable toys. It’s either that or the remaining professionals are so desperate to correct Trump’s mistakes that they’re forced to use every tool at their disposal. We’re so much weaker than we were before Trump came back to office.
RedofPaw on
There was a pretty cool documentary called „The Men Who Stare at Goats“ that revealed this a while back.
Pirate_Robert on
This technology being satellite or other source of beacon tracker and aggregating this with other data sources using palantir software.
cafepeaceandlove on
What really happened: the airman chewed nicotine product. In such a product is a trace amount of polonium. This is detectable using a satellite. All smokers glow from space.
cyberentomology on
Yeah, I’m calling bullshit on this “technology”. The “electromagnetic signature” of a heartbeat is simply not that strong, especially against the background noise. Maybe from a few feet away, but not a hundred miles. There are way easier means to detect a human in a wide open area.
Sounds like the CIA wants people to *think* they have this capability…
That or the while thing was made up by the two-bit british tabloid that posted this nonsense.
lkjandersen on
Because it’s easier to zone in on a heartbeat from 100 miles away than stick an airtag on their pilot?
Bigbird_Elephant on
One reason to reveal a secret technology is to hide another more secret technology
TheRealMessinAround on
You can’t find what was never lost in the first place.
kaeldrakkel on
They also lasered any military aged male (so teenagers) or person who got close. So not only did this pilot destroy some infrastructure and possibly bomb and kill people, they are also responsible for the deaths of many more.
Hsbnd on
Can’t wait for the real story to come out in the tell all book how he just ubered to the nearest pick up point.
humboldt77 on
They found one missing guy by his heartbeat, and still managed to “accidentally” blow up a girls school and kill 150+ kids?
JustUseAnything on
Why not just a tracking wristband or something? Tech already exists, why spend gazillions on unnecessary stuff? Oh yeah, rich people.
EducationalFront5524 on
Even if this is true, and I’m definitely not saying it is. But even if it is true, are we supposed to be bragging about our double secret tech?
cyberentomology on
The Express is a british tabloid, this entire story is a complete fabrication meant to sell clicks and eyeballs.
dirthoarder on
Didn’t they have these things in like splinter cell PS2 games???
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The report on the CIA’s alleged use of a system dubbed “Ghost Murmur” — a tool capable of detecting a human heartbeat from long distances using AI and advanced sensing — offers a glimpse into how rapidly surveillance and detection technologies are evolving.
If accurate, this kind of capability raises significant questions about the future of warfare, intelligence gathering, and privacy. Technologies that can identify individuals based on biological signals could transform search-and-rescue missions, battlefield awareness, and even urban surveillance. At the same time, they blur the line between defensive and invasive use — especially if adapted for tracking civilians or monitoring populations without consent.
Looking ahead, the key discussion is not just what these tools can do today, but how they scale. Could similar systems become standard in military operations? Might they eventually be miniaturised or commercialised, appearing in law enforcement or private-sector security? And what safeguards, if any, will exist to prevent misuse as sensing technologies become more precise and harder to detect?
This development invites a broader conversation about the trajectory of AI-enhanced sensing, the ethics of biometric detection at a distance, and whether current legal frameworks are equipped for a future where “finding someone” could become nearly unavoidable.
Trump just can’t stop revealing our secrets, can he? He just can’t help himself.
With the Trump administration all state secrets like this technology can be spilled for political gain, personal enrichment or for use of harm of domestic enemies.
Yeah, colour me skeptical. They needed a super secret tool to find [a guy who was carrying a Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL)](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/injured-u-s-airman-in-iran-used-boeing-device-to-signal-rescuers/), which is specifically designed for this situation. But hey, this is CIA we are talking about, so it must be true.
No they didn’t, where’s the photo op of the rescued pilot?
I don’t understand why these guys have to discuss the details at all, giving away their methods!?!
This is written to sound more interesting than it actually is.
Typical Reddit. America does something futuristic, heroic, and cool, this sub: let me tell you why this didn’t happen or was a bad thing.
in like 2015 there was a report from the pentagon of a tool that could detect anyone on earth from just a heartbeat so not that new
I’m surprised trump didnt explain the secrets behind it.
You heard of the discombobulator, wait til you see the comefindbobulator
I mean where the guy went down he was 30 miles from the uranium deposit president jimmy carter tried to deal with, so theres that
>The CIA deployed technology known as „Ghost Murmur“ to locate the crew member, The New York Post revealed.
>The system detects the electromagnetic signature of a human heartbeat then using artificial intelligence software to filter out the signal from background interference.
This just sounds like a made-up story to cover for something else.
Maybe we could try the never-before-used tool of NOT ELECTING A POS WHO WILL DRAG US INTO ENDLESS WARS TO DISTRACT FROM THEIR OWN PEDOPHILIA next time …
Sounds like how they scan for life signs on Star Trek
Is this how the Star Trek scan the planet for lifeforms thing works?
That’s a complicated way of lying about a low power spread spectrum transceiver, lol.
Tom Clancy wrote about something similar in his book Rainbow Six in 1998, so to say it’s never been used is hilarious.
Or, they used something entirely different and are saying this to not reveal it
Oh they used AI to plan the recovery?
No wonder they landed C130s in sand 100 miles from the crash
Trump and this administration treat any advantage or surprise we might have had like disposable toys. It’s either that or the remaining professionals are so desperate to correct Trump’s mistakes that they’re forced to use every tool at their disposal. We’re so much weaker than we were before Trump came back to office.
There was a pretty cool documentary called „The Men Who Stare at Goats“ that revealed this a while back.
This technology being satellite or other source of beacon tracker and aggregating this with other data sources using palantir software.
What really happened: the airman chewed nicotine product. In such a product is a trace amount of polonium. This is detectable using a satellite. All smokers glow from space.
Yeah, I’m calling bullshit on this “technology”. The “electromagnetic signature” of a heartbeat is simply not that strong, especially against the background noise. Maybe from a few feet away, but not a hundred miles. There are way easier means to detect a human in a wide open area.
Sounds like the CIA wants people to *think* they have this capability…
That or the while thing was made up by the two-bit british tabloid that posted this nonsense.
Because it’s easier to zone in on a heartbeat from 100 miles away than stick an airtag on their pilot?
One reason to reveal a secret technology is to hide another more secret technology
You can’t find what was never lost in the first place.
They also lasered any military aged male (so teenagers) or person who got close. So not only did this pilot destroy some infrastructure and possibly bomb and kill people, they are also responsible for the deaths of many more.
Can’t wait for the real story to come out in the tell all book how he just ubered to the nearest pick up point.
They found one missing guy by his heartbeat, and still managed to “accidentally” blow up a girls school and kill 150+ kids?
Why not just a tracking wristband or something? Tech already exists, why spend gazillions on unnecessary stuff? Oh yeah, rich people.
Even if this is true, and I’m definitely not saying it is. But even if it is true, are we supposed to be bragging about our double secret tech?
The Express is a british tabloid, this entire story is a complete fabrication meant to sell clicks and eyeballs.
Didn’t they have these things in like splinter cell PS2 games???