Cops are using AI software to write police reports

Police departments are often some of the tech industry's earliest adopters of new products like drones, facial recognition, predictive software, and now–artificial intelligence. After already embracing AI audio transcription programs, some departments are now testing a new, more comprehensive tool--software that leverages technology similar to ChatGPT to auto-generate police reports. According to an August 26 report from Associated Press, many officers are already "enthused" by the generative AI tool that claims to shave 30-45 minutes from routine officework. Initially announced in April by Axon, Draft One is billed as the "latest giant leap toward [the] moonshot goal to reduce gun-related deaths between police and the public." The company--best known for Tasers and law enforcement's most popular lines of body cams--claims its initial trials cut an hour of paperwork per day for users.