ACLU calls on police departments to halt the rise of generative AI [Video]

The ACLU is sounding the alarm on the nation’s police forces increasingly leaning on artificial intelligence.

In a six-page white paper released Dec. 10, the nation’s largest civil rights group warns that the implementation of popular generative AI tech, like chatbots and drafting tools, is an overstep of technological advancement and poses a threat to American civil liberties.

The organization specifically singles out the use of Draft One, a controversial generative AI tool that assists police officers in drafting reports based on body cam audio and relies on OpenAI’s GPT-4 model. Several police departments around the nation have gradually tested AI tools over the last year, including Draft One. That number is on the rise, with cities around the U.S. pitching generative AI features as a solution to budget and staffing constraints.

Experts have criticized the implementationof this tech, citing the essential role police reports play across judicial decision making, from investigation and …