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Florida Sheriff Grady Judd Decides He's Capable of Running an AI Crime Thingy
Sheriffs answer to no one but voters. Consequently, they often answer to no one. Voters tend to gravitate towards names they recognize. Sheriffs count on this form of “loyalty” to ensur…
That’s how we end up with people like Joe Arpaio, who basically ran his office for the clicks by dressing inmates in pink and jacking up non-whites on the regular in hopes of scoring big with the anti-immigration crowd. The Sheriff’s Office has started assembling staff and resources for a new investigative unit aimed at learning the latest technologies and artificial intelligence to keep people safe. I’ve covered a lot of CSAM cases over the past decade-plus here at Techdirt and the number of times a defendant has submitted video recorded evidence of their whereabouts has yet to surpass zero.
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