Police use controversial AI tool that looks at people’s sex lives and beliefs

Police use controversial AI tool that looks at people’s sex lives and beliefs



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  1. British police forces have signed contracts with a controversial US tech giant to use AI-powered software that provides data about an individual’s race, sex life, health and political beliefs, it can be revealed.

    An internal police memo obtained by *The i Paper* and Liberty Investigates confirms an intention to “nationally”  apply the “Nectar” intelligence system, currently deployed as a pilot by the Bedfordshire force after being developed with Silicon Valley data analysis group Palantir Technologies.

    The document, obtained under freedom of information rules, shows how the Palantir system is designed to bring together dozens of existing law enforcement databases into a single computing platform to draw up detailed profiles of suspects, as well as collate information on victims of crime, witnesses and vulnerable individuals including children.

    The 34-page briefing, which deals with data protection issues related to Nectar and Bedfordshire Police, makes clear the ambition by senior officers for the system to be used across policing, including in the fight against serious organised crime by regional units.

    It states: “The primary goal is to help Bedfordshire… as well as the Eastern Region Serious Organised Crime Unit… and eventually apply [Nectar] nationally. This will develop tools to better protect vulnerable people by preventing, detecting and investigating crime.”

  2. >> race, sex life, health and political beliefs

    **gulp**

  4. Got no money but can sign contracts for stuff like this when they already say they’re overwhelmed with cases.

  5. ”We are pleased to announce that following the release of hit sequel ‘Just because it has been created doesn’t mean you should use the Torment Nexus’ we have rapidly operationalised the Torment Nexus”

  6. Palintir, owned by Peter Thiel. Part of the group that think democracy is not compatible with freedom, the world should be run by oligarchs like himself and Musk. They’re responsible for putting JD Vance in to politics. They make 1984 look like a walk in the park.

  7. If they weigh sex life into the mix than I could get away with a lot haha

  9. Starting to think George Orwell was a time traveller and 1984 was actually a diary

  10. >Palantir

    At last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create the Torment Nexus

  11. What exactly would they solve? Arrest you if you pray ? Again this bs?

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