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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Japan deploys AI ‘police chief’ to tackle record $2bn fraud epidemic

Japan has enlisted an unlikely ally in its battle against a record-breaking wave of fraud: a AI police chief.

Known as AIko, the artificial intelligence avatar has been introduced by Osaka Prefectural Police as part of a campaign to combat increasingly sophisticated scams that have spread well beyond older generations and now target people of all ages.

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