COMPUTER COPS: Inside the big business of selling AI to the police
The police technology industry is rapidly expanding, with startups selling AI-driven tools like facial recognition and automated report-writing to law enforcement agencies. Critics argue that delegating critical police decision-making to algorithms risks detaching law enforcement from human accountability.
I stood before a hulking glass and brick structure in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas. Thousands gathered inside to see what had been billed as “the future of policing in the digital age.” As press, I was prohibited from entering, but from a number of nearby locations, I met with attendees who told me what was being sold within. And I learned that AI is threatening to seize the very heart of policing in America.
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