The Saturday Paper: NSW Police Force’s use of AI raised watchdog concerns

Excerpt from The Saturday Paper:

An artificial intelligence tool adopted by New South Wales Police Force to help process large amounts of recorded material has drawn criticism from a state government-appointed review, which says its use could bias crime investigations and prevention efforts.

That STMP program was discontinued in late 2023, following criticism from the Aboriginal Legal Service and other advocates that Indigenous children as young as 10 were being harassed. The Justice and Equity Centre reported that by 2022 more than half of adults and 71 per cent of young people on the STMP identified as Indigenous.

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