Police departments are using artificial intelligence to sift massive evidence troves, and it's jump-starting cold cases, missing-person investigations and trial preparation.
Why it matters: The biggest constraint in modern policing isn't a lack of evidence, but too much of it. AI promises to break that logjam, allowing stretched-thin departments to find critical leads buried in years of data.
A massive winter storm is set to hit North America this weekend, and it is poised to bring an unusually large amount of both ice and snow, weather experts told Axios.
The big picture: The storm, which is forecasted to hit a wide swath of the United States and Mexico, is set to produce a variety of winter precipitation including freezing rain, which is especially dangerous and will likely impact regions that rarely experience it.
Axios CEO Jim VandeHei wrote this note to his wife, Autumn, and their three kids. She suggested sharing it more broadly since so many families are wrestling with how to think and talk about AI. So here it is ...
Dear Family:
I want to put to words what I'm hearing, seeing, thinking and writing about AI.
Simply put, I'm now certain it will upend your work and life in ways more profound than the internet or possibly electricity. This will hit in months, not years.
The changes will be fast, wide, radical, disorienting and scary. No one will avoid its reach.
