Can Artificial Intelligence Hold Police Accountable? The Crime Report

Brandon Anderson sees artificial intelligence as the key to holding police accountable for racial bias, and he believes he has created a tool to do it. "Police departments crunch huge amounts of data today, but we still don't know how often law enforcement officers have hurt, killed, or for that matter saved and comforted people in the line of duty," Anderson told CNBC. Now the Oklahoma City native is seeking to change that with the creation of Raheem.AI, a data tool and chatbot app that allows community members to report police conduct in real time in a secure and anonymous way. On Tuesday, Anderson, 33, was chosen as a 2018 fellow by Echoing Green, which funds innovation in areas ranging from racial justice to environmental conservation, for his work on Raheem. Engineers and designers from Google, Square, Twitter, and Facebook who are working on Raheem.AI as volunteers.