“Predictive policing” has an enticing ring to it. The idea is that you feed a bunch of data into a mysterious algorithm, and poof, out comes intelligence about the future that tells police where the ...

This article is republished from The Markup. Read the original article, which was copublished with WIRED. Crime predictions generated for the police department in Plainfield, New Jersey, rarely lined ...

Automation can be the key to unlocking efficiency—but what happens when the algorithms at the core of an automated process perpetuate racial and economic biases? A ...

For years, cops have attempted to use data analysis to conduct more efficient investigations. A new study claims that's probably a huge waste of time. Reading time 2 minutes Predictive policing—the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an era marked by technological advancements, the thin line between ensuring public safety and invading individual privacy has ...

Data like this seven-day crime map from Oakland, Calif., feeds predictive policing AIs. The 2002 sci-fi thriller “Minority Report” depicted a dystopian future where a specialized police unit was ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an era marked by technological advancements, the thin line between ensuring public safety and invading individual privacy has become increasingly blurred. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ...

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: Does your police force use: Predictive policing technologies such as predictive mapping programmes (to ...

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 ...

A deep dive from ProPublica reporters who wanted to vet whether an algorithm could really determine the likelihood that someone would commit a crime in the future has produced some worrisome findings.