Have you heard of “predictive policing”? The idea that big data can help law enforcement agencies to stop crime before it happens is a recent point of discussion in both criminology thought groups and ...

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Data like this seven-day crime map from Oakland, Calif., feeds AI-enabled predictive policing. (City of Oakland via CrimeMapping.com) The 2002 sci-fi thriller “Minority Report” depicted a dystopian ...

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 ...

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced new enhancements to its Hitachi Visualization solution portfolio: Hitachi Visualization Suite 4.5 now with ...

“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 ...