AI in policing: Safeguards can't keep up, new research warns

Artificial intelligence is being adopted across policing and the wider criminal justice system of England and Wales faster than the rules designed to govern it, according to major new research published by Northumbria University.

The study—the most comprehensive mapping exercise of its kind to date—identifies 70 AI tools already deployed, trialed or under development across the criminal justice system, from contact-center triage and witness statement drafting to digital forensics and facial recognition.

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