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    ICE 'now operates as a domestic surveillance agency,' think tank says

    by 
    Kris Holt
    Kris Holt
    05.10.2022

    A study by the Center on Privacy and Technology found that ICE uses data brokers to avoid restrictions.

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    Fujitsu's AI can help catch criminals on the run

    by 
    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    05.10.2016

    When it's not being an austere provider of corporate IT services, Fujitsu likes to try its hand at a little bit of mad science. The latest project to come out of the firm's labs is an artificial intelligence that'll assign police units to specific locations during large-scale manhunts. Given that cities are large and there are never enough police around, the idea is to co-ordinate their efforts using big data and game theory. The only downside to all of this is that we might have seen the end of the bellowing police chief screaming orders at maverick cops with nothing to lose.