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New York-based Massive Blue makes a product called Overwatch that it markets as an “AI-powered force multiplier for public safety” that “deploys lifelike virtual agents, which infiltrate and engage criminal networks across various channels.” The company currently has a $360,000 contract with Pinal County, Arizona, paid for with an anti-human trafficking grant from the Arizona Department of Public Safety — the Sheriff’s Office there called Massive Blue a “valuable partner.” @404mediaco’s Emanuel Maiberg takes a look at what the technology supposedly does, how bots engage with real people, and if it’s actually helped law enforcement make any arrests so far.

https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/

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