Mathematical models appear like scientific analysis and are often readily accepted as fact. Yet, all models are mere abstractions — they represent processes in simplified ways by taking certain inputs ...

When George Floyd was killed in May after a police officer pressed a knee into the man’s neck, millions of Americans protested, demanding civic leaders dismantle long-standing police practices and ...

This is Episode 12 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available at realfuture.tv. There’s a new kind of software that claims to help law ...

The consolidation of data in a common data warehouse such as N-DEx is just the first step in improving nationwide investigations. The next steps involve the use of data mining techniques to predict ...

Santa Cruz police spend an average of 40 minutes of every hour on emergency calls, leaving them with 20 minutes to patrol the streets. For the past few weeks, some have been using computer mapping ...

An AI Model developed by Chicago University professors identified crimes within a two-block radius. Predictive policing models have previously been found to be racially biased. Its co-author Ishanu ...

Police in East Lansdowne, PA, are getting connected. In October, the Philadelphia suburb’s police department deployed artificial intelligence-powered Axon Body4 cameras that offer two-way translation ...

Andrew Ferguson, American University Washington College of Law and planning committee member, provided the opening presentation for a session focused on theoretical underpinnings, examples of use, and ...

The EU is edging closer to a landmark ban on predictive policing and facial recognition. At a crunch vote today on the bloc’s flagship AI Act, two committees of MEPs overwhelmingly endorsed sweeping ...

A group of seven Democratic members of Congress has issued a public letter demanding the Justice Department stop issuing grants to fund predictive policing projects, unless the agency “can ensure that ...

Discover how predictive analytics uses data-driven models like decision trees and neural networks to forecast outcomes and ...

Sarah Brayne, the University of Texas at Austin 1 and planning committee member, began this session with an overview of person-based predictive policing approaches. Person-based predictive policing ...