AI in police investigations: Longeye and Axon tools tested as courts wrestle with disclosure rules

Washington Post reports that AI tools for criminal investigators — including Longeye, which analyses hours of jail calls and interview recordings, and Axon’s Policy Chat, which answers procedural queries via LLM — are being piloted by multiple US agencies. Courts have not settled when AI’s role must be disclosed to defence counsel, raising questions about fair trial guarantees. About 70% of investigators report insufficient time to review all digital evidence collected.

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