Police departments are often some of the tech industry’s earliest adopters of new products like drones, facial recognition, predictive software, and now–artificial intelligence. After already embracing AI audio transcription programs, some departments are now testing a new, more comprehensive tool—software that leverages technology similar to ChatGPT to auto-generate police reports. According to an August 26 report from Associated Press, many officers are already “enthused” by the generative AI tool that claims to shave 30-45 minutes from routine officework.
Initially announced in April by Axon, Draft One is billed as the “latest giant leap toward [the] moonshot goal to reduce gun-related deaths between police and the public.” The company—best known for Tasers and law enforcement’s most popular lines of body cams—claims its initial trials cut an hour of paperwork per day for users.
“When officers can spend more time connecting with the community and taking care of themselves both physically and mentally, they can make better decisions that lead to more successful de-escalated outcomes,” Axon said in its reveal.
The company stated at the time that Draft One is built with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI platform, and automatically transcribes police body camera audio before “leveraging AI to create a draft narrative quickly.” Reports are “drafted strictly from the audio transcript” following Draft One’s “underlying model… to prevent speculation or embellishments.” After additional key information is added, officers must sign-off on a report’s accuracy before it is for another round of human review. Each report is also flagged if AI was involved in writing it.
[Related: ChatGPT has been generating bizarre nonsense (more than usual).]
Speaking with AP on Monday, Axon’s AI products manager, Noah Spitzer-Williams, claims Draft One uses the “same underlying technology as ChatGPT.” Designed by OpenAI,…
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