Artificial intelligence software for translation and number plate recognition is used by the Grand Ducal police.
Associating the terms artificial intelligence and law enforcement instantly conjures up images straight out of the series Black Mirror. However, given the description given by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Léon Gloden, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the Grand Ducal police is far from the clichés conveyed by science fiction.
A recent article from Luxembourg word mentions that as AI, police officers in the country use the free version of ChatGPT and the Deepl translator. The deputies Ben Polidori and Dan Biancalana therefore questioned Léon Gloden to find out what uses the police made, of what could constitute valuable assistance.
“AI can have concrete use for the police,” confirms the Minister of Internal Affairs. This could be the case, for example, during image recognition as part of the search for offenders, if large photo files have to be evaluated,” he says.
Scanned license plate
Yes, but concretely, what do the police use this technology for? “Currently, a limited number of paid AI licenses in the field of license plate translation and recognition are in use.” Thus, in the scan application present on the service mobile phone, the AI allows the police officer to check the license plate of a car during a road check.
The minister lists the benefits of AI. “The daily work of the police officer can be simplified, whether in editorial tasks or in the evaluation of files,” he says, citing the collaboration “with Europol on an internal police chatbot, which can also be used , among other things, as a translation tool. “Of course, security, reliability and data protection are considered the priority,” he added. We are reassured, science fiction is not for tomorrow.
