Girl dies in Mie after AI suggested not taking her into custody

In June, the Mie Prefectural Police arrested the girl's mother, 42, for allegedly inflicting injuries resulting in the girl's death. The AI system, which was introduced in 2020, uses data collected from around 13,000 past cases handled by child consultation centers and shows the proportion of previous cases in which children were taken into temporary custody. This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software. Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites. If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this FAQ.