Soze (AI service for solving crimes)

2024: British Police Use

At the end of September 2024, the British police began using an AI tool capable of performing "80 years of detective work in 30 hours," accelerating the investigation 23 thousand times. The service developed by Akkodis can simultaneously analyze video materials, financial transactions, social networks, emails and other documents. The assessment showed that the system is able to consider evidence-based materials on 27 complex cases in just 30 hours, which would take a person's whole life.

National Police Council chairman Gavin Stevens said the technology could help police officers close a number of the most high-profile cold cases. Given that fewer employees are allocated to the investigation of stalled murder cases, AI could provide invaluable assistance to the police.

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Stevens also noted that the Soze tool is just one of "dozens of groundbreaking programs" that could soon be rolled out across the board. Great Britain They include an AI tool to build a national cold-steel database, as well as a system to allow phone operators to help victims of domestic violence. However artificial intelligence , he stated that other technologies, such as facial recognition and robotic procedures, are "not substitutes" for police as the officer is "involved in final decisions."

If all these systems were adopted across England and Wales and had the predicted effect, we would get around 15m extra hours to be spent investigating or responding to emergencies, the equivalent of more than £350m of costs.

Police chiefs also understand that the pace of introduction and use of AI should be consistent with the comfort level of the population. "We should not pass on our responsibilities to technology, but improve our performance with it," Stevens said.^[1]

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