Minority Report-style crime prediction has edged closer to reality with a new AI software launched in Dubai.
Space Imaging Middle East announced that the Dubai Police force has deployed its Crime Prediction software, which analyzes patterns from police databases and attempts to spot when and where an event is likely to occur next.
The software uses ‘sophisticated algorithms’ to make its predictions, and according to the firm, the data it generates is ‘highly accurate.’
According to SIME, the technology can alert patrol teams to which districts may need more police attention in order to prevent a crime.
‘This software is uniquely intelligent in its capability to accurately discern intricate patterns of criminal behaviour in seemingly unconnected events and then predict the probability of reoccurrence,’ said Spandan Kar, Head of SIME’s GIS Division.
‘We are confident that these precise analytics, when combined with the knowledge and instincts of experienced police officers, will create a formidable force to deter crime.’
Source: Daily Mail
