AI will help snare child sex offenders by scanning their hands

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AI will help snare child sex offenders by scanning their hands

Tool will help police provide robust evidence in court by linking child sex abuse images to suspects.

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Date - 26th September 2018
By - Sophie Garrod - Police Oracle

Artificial intelligence which will help police identify and bring child sex offenders to justice is currently being explored. Lancaster University has secured a £2.2million European grant to research and develop the technology which will be...

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