‘It’s not Robocop’: UK police embrace AI ‘efficiency’ in complex investigations
by Robert Booth UK technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#73SRD)
Detectives say tools supplied by Palantir were integral to convictions of a criminal gang that stole 800,000
It was fraud on a grand scale. The Fuck the Police" criminal gang based in Luton and Romania stole 800,000 in more than 3,000 withdrawals from cash machines in dozens of locations throughout 2024.
The police investigation matched the crime in its complexity. When detectives in Bedfordshire seized the suspects' two dozen smartphones, they were faced with a mountain of potential digital evidence - 1.4 terabytes of information, according to the authorities, connecting co-conspirators across eastern England and the Bacau region of Romania.
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