Deputies are now allowed to use Axon Draft One AI to generate some preliminary police reports, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.
Critics of the software say that police contractor company Axon designed the tool to prevent anyone—including media, defense attorneys and civil liberties organizations—from telling exactly which parts of a report were composed by AI and which were written directly by the officer.
Draft One uses audio recordings of police interactions from a body camera to draft reports. Since video isn’t used by the AI, an officer approaching a red vehicle would have to state as much out loud and read out the license plate if they wanted to ensure Draft One captures it in the report…