Q&A
NYPD's use of artificial intelligence and predictive policing
1:17:14
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Council Member Yusef Salaam asks about the NYPD's current or planned use of artificial intelligence for predictive policing. Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber responds to these inquiries.
- NYPD is not currently using or planning to use AI for predictive policing
- The department does use AI in certain contexts, which are reported annually to the city
- Examples of AI use include facial recognition, Patternizer, and ShotSpotter
- These AI applications are not predictive in nature, but analyze historical data
- Gerber confirms that at present, there are no plans to use AI for predictive purposes
Yusef Salaam
1:17:14
Is the NYPD currently using or planning to use artificial intelligence for for predictive policing?
1:17:21
And if so, how does it address concerns about potential bias?
Michael Gerber
1:17:26
So for predictive policing, no.
1:17:29
We we we use AI in certain contexts.
1:17:33
There's not really a post act issue, but, you know, we have annual reporting to the city regarding the use of AI.
1:17:40
We do have several surveillance technologies that qualify as AI.
1:17:45
Facial recognition is one, actually, that constitutes AI in one form.
1:17:49
Patternizer and ShotSpotter are others.
1:17:52
But none of those are predictive in nature.
1:17:55
They are looking by definition at historical data.
1:18:00
And so to the extent the question is do we have plans now to use AI for predictive purposes?
1:18:05
At present, no.