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Medium
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

ODSC's AI Weekly Recap: Week of April 19th

AI systems are approaching or surpassing human abilities, AI in forensic science is set to transform criminal investigations, Google and Microsoft make significant investments in AI. [ more ]
Open Data Science - Your News Source for AI, Machine Learning & more
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

ODSC's AI Weekly Recap: Week of April 19th

AI systems near human abilities; AI transforming forensic science; Major investments in AI companies. [ more ]
Futurism
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI Study Claims Human Fingerprints Aren't Actually Unique

Fingerprints may not be as unique as previously believed
AI model trained to identify patterns in fingerprints with high accuracy [ more ]
www.cnn.com
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Are fingerprints unique? Not really, AI-based study says | CNN

Fingerprints are not all unique, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.
The study used artificial intelligence to analyze a US government database of 60,000 fingerprints and found strong similarities between fingerprints from different fingers of the same person. [ more ]
BBC News
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Our fingerprints may not be unique, claims AI

Artificial intelligence has been trained to identify whether fingerprints from different fingers belong to the same person, with 75-90% accuracy.
The technology may be analyzing fingerprints based on the orientation of ridges in the center of the finger rather than traditional minutiae markers. [ more ]
Theregister
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI upends long held belief that all fingerprints are unique

Fingerprint ridges on different fingers of the same person can have the same angles and curvature at the center.
A deep contrastive network was used to study commonalities in fingerprints and achieved an accuracy of 77% in identifying if prints were from the same person. [ more ]
Nature
1 month ago
Data science

Long-lost photos reveal details of world's first police crime lab

Edmond Locard pioneered forensic science by establishing the world's first police crime laboratory in 1910.
The discovered photographic archive in Lyon, France, sheds light on the laboratory's scientific methods and Locard's personal correspondence. [ more ]
Inverse
1 month ago
Data science

A Forensic Biologist Reveals Why Solving Crimes in Space Will Be Harder Than You Think

Astroforensics is a new field emerging from space exploration challenges.
Altered gravity in space has significant implications for forensic investigations. [ more ]
Sacramento Bee
2 months ago
California

Tooth of woman found dead 10 years ago helps create new image of her, CA cops say

Updated forensic rendering released of unidentified woman found dead in California park.
Genetic profile created from DNA from woman's tooth used to generate new image. [ more ]
Sacramento Bee
3 months ago
California

Remains found by biologist 25 years ago identified as missing California man, cops say

Human remains found 25 years ago in a remote area in California have been identified as Donald Raymond Loar who went missing in 1998. The identification was made using investigative genetic genealogy.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department used a genetic profile created by Othram Inc. to search public databases and match the DNA to Loar's family, confirming the identity of the remains. [ more ]
Ars Technica
2 months ago
OMG science

How a corpse's "microbiome" can help scientists nail down time of death

Studying the microbes that flourish in decomposing corpses can help determine the time of death.
Forensic scientists have identified 20 microbes that drive the decomposition of dead animal flesh. [ more ]
www.mercurynews.com
3 months ago
East Bay (California)

CFB National Signing Day: Why Bay Area's top running back chose Utah State over SEC, Big 12, Air Force and Army

Herschel Turner, a high school football player, chose Utah State over other offers from prestigious programs because it was the best fit for him personally.
Turner plans on studying forensic science at Utah State and wants to be a detective after his football career. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
5 months ago
Science

Bad Science and Bad Statistics in the Courtroom Convict Innocent People

Misleading forensic evidence and expert testimony have contributed to wrongful convictions, with 44 cases affected in 2022 alone.
Scientific evidence is highly valued by juries, who may lack the expertise to correctly interpret or question it. [ more ]
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