Here Is What Axon’s Bodycam Report Writing AI Looks Like

· May 17, 2024 at 9:11 AM

Axon has been inviting police departments to webinars about the new AI-based product, which will automatically generate police reports based on bodycam audio, according to emails obtained by 404 Media.

Here Is What Axon’s Bodycam Report Writing AI Looks Like — Image: Axon.

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In April, law enforcement contracting giant Axon announced Draft One, a new product that uses OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo to automatically generate police reports from officers’ bodycam audio. The product promises to make police work more efficient, freeing up resources for officers to direct elsewhere, while also raising serious questions about bias, accuracy, and the role of AI in policing.

Since then, Axon has held webinars with prosecutors and law enforcement officials around the country, according to emails obtained by 404 Media and a review of recordings of the webinars online. Those recordings include some of the concerns and hopes of prosecutors around the technology, as well as show Draft One in action, providing more insight on how exactly it works.