{"id":1972,"date":"2019-09-24T13:19:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kusuaks7\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2024-03-26T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T09:26:40","slug":"can-artificial-intelligence-be-used-to-solve-crimes-the-future-of-forensics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/bigdata-cloud\/can-artificial-intelligence-be-used-to-solve-crimes-the-future-of-forensics\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Artificial Intelligence be used to Solve Crimes? The Future of Forensics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve always used human intelligence to solve crimes, but without some of the amazing technology that has been developed over hundreds of years, many more crimes today would go unsolved. It wasn\u2019t too long ago that even fingerprinting was a new technology\u2014and a painstaking process that required manual comparison.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToday, we take automated fingerprint comparison, rapid DNA testing, and other tools for granted. We watch shows about forensics for entertainment. But the technological march in forensics is far from over. Here\u2019s what we can expect from artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in preventing and solving crimes<\/a> of the future.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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New Tech, New Criminals <\/strong><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs our technological abilities advance, criminals will always take advantages of weaknesses and opportunities they can profit from. Before the Internet, of course, cybercrime wasn\u2019t even a possibility. Today, it costs the global economy hundreds of billions each year.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWith new tech, therefore, comes new criminals. Smartphones, IoT devices like smart home locks, and other new consumer and commercial devices offer cybercriminals a lot of new opportunities.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNot all cybercrimes involve money or identity theft\u2014some are more abstract and cultural. A good example of this was the Cambridge Analytica scandal involving Facebook that compromised the information of 90 million users<\/a> and lost the company $80 billion in value.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWith consumers more aware than ever of the value of their data and privacy issues, law enforcement needs new tools to fight these new crimes. That\u2019s where AI can help\u2014by using modern tools to solve modern crimes.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Forensics\u2019 Role in Justice <\/strong><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo many people, the terms \u201cforensics\u201d and \u201ccriminal justice\u201d are interchangeable. But forensics plays a different and distinct role in law enforcement. Criminal justice is the umbrella for several different branches within the field, while forensics focuses on the evidence involved in a crime in order to solve it. In forensics, scientists tell the story of the crime through evidence, both physical and digital.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWithin the field of forensics, there are sub-specialties, like forensic psychology<\/a>, forensic nursing, forensic anthropology, and now, digital forensics. Forensic scientists in different specialties often work together to solve crimes. For instance, a forensic psychologist and a digital forensics expert might work together to determine the perpetrator in a cybercrime, with the psychologist also trying to determine why the criminal might have committed the crime.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Have No Fear, AI is Here!<\/strong><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAI\u2019s role in forensics is fairly new, but it\u2019s growing quickly. How? Mainly by automating some of the time-consuming tasks forensic experts must do to piece together the evidence, making the processing of evidence much more efficient. It can also spot patterns in huge datasets, a task that is hugely inefficient and often impossible for humans to do.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOne example of the ways law enforcement is using AI is by training it to scan crime scene photos<\/a> and compare them to similar photos, looking for links. Criminals that have committed crimes in the past often leave telltale signs that can be difficult to spot without the help of AI. Once a link is made, police can then follow up on the lead and determine if it is viable.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn the digital side of things, AI can scan photos and databases for potential criminal activity, such as signs of human trafficking. The algorithms used in both the open and \u201cdark\u201d web have shown a great deal of promise, so much so that agencies are now using them in searching for other types of illegal activity, such as narcotics and weapon sales.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere are often so many different factors, signs, and pieces of evidence that go into a crime\u2014say, the suspect\u2019s browser history, their communications with others, past behavior, and much, much more\u2014that it can be difficult to piece it all together. That\u2019s where AI excels in forensics: making complex connections.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Using AI Ethically in Forensics <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLike any new technology, there are some concerns surrounding the use of AI in forensics<\/a>. People are worried about privacy, facial recognition bias against people of different races and ages, and other ethical concerns.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBecause this is a relatively new application for AI technology, very few guidelines or laws currently exist to guide enforcement agencies. While AI is proving to be a key asset for solving crimes in law enforcement, it is key that agencies use it in an ethical manner.\u00a0 What that means yet is not always clear.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve always used human intelligence to solve crimes, but without some of the amazing technology that has been developed over hundreds of years, many more crimes today would go unsolved. It wasn\u2019t too long ago that even fingerprinting was a new technology\u2014and a painstaking process that required manual comparison.Today, we take automated fingerprint comparison, rapid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":4043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[102],"ppma_author":[1665],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bigdata-cloud","tag-business-intelligence-amp-data-warehousing"],"authors":[{"term_id":1665,"user_id":129,"is_guest":0,"slug":"ryan-ayers","display_name":"Ryan Ayers","avatar_url":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/medium_1ecc58f3-1160-4f9e-9fe6-2028f872ed84-150x150.jpg","user_url":"","last_name":"Ayers","first_name":"Ryan","job_title":"","description":"Ryan Ayers CEO,\u00a0Ryan Ayers Communications, has consulted a number of Fortune 500 companies within multiple industries including information technology and big data.\n\n\u00a0"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36517,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/36517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}