"AI is no longer just identifying suspected criminals from behind a camera; now it's rendering photorealistic images of their mugs for cops to blast out on social media. Enter ChatGPT, the latest member of the Goodyear Police Department, located on the outskirts of Phoenix. New reporting by the Washington Post revealed that Goodyear cops are using the generative AI tool to pop out photos of suspects in place of pen-and-paper police sketches."
""We're now in a day and age where if we post a pencil drawing, most people are not going to acknowledge it," the sketch artist admitted. Basically, the Goodyear PD believes that local residents, especially the younger crowd, are much more likely to interact with a hyper-realistic AI rendering. "People are so visual, and that's why this works," Bonasera said."
Goodyear Police Department uses ChatGPT to convert traditional composite sketches into photorealistic suspect images for dissemination on social media. The department reported a large influx of tips after using an AI-generated profile in a kidnapping case, although no arrests resulted. The sketch artist said the shift prioritizes social media engagement and believes younger residents respond more to hyper-realistic renderings. The department maintains the images begin with composite drawings rather than being fabricated by AI. Generative image models draw from large databases of real faces, so dataset imbalances and training biases can influence output and raise accuracy, fairness, and ethical concerns.
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