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NYC police have spent millions on a tech company that claims it can use AI to monitor social media and predict future criminals (www.insider.com)
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NYC police have spent millions on a tech company that claims it can use AI to monitor social media and predict future criminals::The New York Police Department paid Voyager Labs more than $8 million in 2018. The company says it uses AI to analyze criminal behavior online.

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[โ€“] Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooooh I really hope they scam them out of their money. This would be a perfect opportunity to hook the NYPD on crypto too. /s

This can only end in more institutionalized racism and other forms of oppression by the NYPD.

[โ€“] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

The problem is that the scam will hurt a lot of innocent people along the way. They won't produce any actually useful data, but they will false flag a whole bunch of accounts, most likely on the basis of racial profiling or supporting unions. Y'know, the usual stuff.