"For years, a US telecommunications company has been building proprietary AI models using phone and video calls placed by inmates in US prisons as building blocks."
"One model, for example, was trained on seven years worth of calls by inmates in Texas state prisons for use in Texas, which suggests the company is tailoring its various AI models on local or at least state-wide conditions."
"We can point that large language model at an entire treasure trove [of data] to detect and understand when crimes are being thought about or contemplated, so that you're catching it much earlier in the cycle," Elder told the publication."
""There's literally no other way you can communicate with your family," she said."
A US telecommunications company used recorded phone and video calls from incarcerated people as training data to build proprietary AI models. Securus Technologies developed AI products beginning in 2023 while possessing troves of recorded conversations that extend further back and include local jails, long-term prisons, and ICE detention centers. Some models were trained on multi-year archives of calls tied to specific states to tailor detection to local conditions. The systems aim to detect alleged criminal activity in real time and perform voice recognition for detainees, visitors, and attorneys. Recorded-call notifications are provided, but advocates describe consent as coercive.
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