The International Community’s Response to the Rise of AI and its Relation to Security and Crime
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most dominating topics of the 21st century. Countries across the globe are scrambling to determine how its use will be managed and regulated, and one of the main reasons why, among others, is because AI is being manipulated by malicious actors to engage in crime.[i] As the Department of Homeland Security put it, “AI technology is evolving quickly, making new kinds of crime possible and transforming old ones.”
Predictive Policing and AI in Canada
This blog explores how law enforcement agencies across Canada are increasingly relying on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to both prevent and target crime across the country. Specifically, this blog focuses on two emerging technologies within AI–predictive analytics and facial recognition and it explores how law enforcement agencies have utilized these innovative forms of policing to both predict crimes before they happen and solve ongoing criminal cases.
