THERE ARE NOW so many businesses trying to sell what purports to be artificial intelligence (AI) to UK law enforcement agencies that you might be forgiven for wondering whether British police might soon need to develop their own algorithms just to work out which products are worth having and which are less so. Palantir, Ripjar and LexisNexis are among the talked-about names known to be marketing their data-fuelled systems to the police and security services. Home Secretary Amber Rudd is hoping to harness the power of data analytics to zero-in on stabbing hotspots, American company PredPol has had its predictive technology Mailed by Kent Police, while Durham Constabulary has used a machine-learning system to assess the risk of some individuals reoffending.
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