US EditionIllicit drugs to be tracked in B.C. with chemical fingerprinting and AI
The province will fund the pilot with $300,000 a year as AI analysis aims to map drug flows and speed public-health alerts.
- On Friday, British Columbia launched a two-year pilot program using artificial intelligence to track illicit drug batches and generate "actionable insights" for police predicting how substances move across the province.
- Friday's announcement follows the 10th anniversary of British Columbia's declaration of a public health emergency around toxic drugs that have killed more than 18,000 people since.
- Robotic instruments developed at the University of British Columbia by Aidos Innovations test seized drugs for impurities, allowing investigators to "back calculate the method of production" using artificial intelligence.
- Victoria's Chief Constable Fiona Wilson likened the technology to the advent of DNA, though information gathered will not be used for criminal investigations or seeking charges at this time.
- The pilot serves as "proof of concept" that could be broadened; Wilson stated officials hope to eventually use analysis for criminal prosecution after further engagement with the Crown and other partners.
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New 'track and trace' program uses advanced testing and AI to locate origin of toxic drugs in B.C.
A pilot project will use cutting-edge chemical analysis and artificial intelligence to trace the origin of illegal drugs and provide up-to-date information on the changing supply on B.C. streets.
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Illicit drugs to be tracked in B.C. with chemical fingerprinting and AI
Scientists and police in British Columbia are working together on what they hope will be a game-changing "chemical fingerprinting" program to track the source and destination of individual batches of
Illicit drugs to be tracked in B.C. with chemical fingerprinting and AI – Energeticcity.ca
Scientists and police in British Columbia are working together on what they hope will be a game-changing “chemical fingerprinting” program to track the source and destination of individual batches of illicit drugs. A lab at the University of British Columbia will use artificial intelligence to generate “actionable insights” for police, and predict how illicit drugs are moving across the province. But while information from the two-year pilot pro…
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