Meet Ella: New Zealand Police Unveil First Artificial Intelligence Officer

May 26th, 2020

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Via: New Zealand Herald:

The police have unveiled their first AI officer, with hopes she’ll soon be smiling and blinking out of screens in stations all around New Zealand.

Ella, the artificial intelligence cop at the centre of the police’s new digital services, was revealed at the police national headquarters in Wellington this morning.

Ella, which stands for Electronic Lifelike Assistant, is part of two new digital kiosks police have designed to help reduce queues in stations and to provide a modern way to connect with the public.

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One Response to “Meet Ella: New Zealand Police Unveil First Artificial Intelligence Officer”

  1. Miraculix says:
    May 27, 2020 at 5:10 am

    Those usually zany Kiwis missed a legitimate opportunity to soften the blow of talking to a literal talking head, by NOT naming her “Maxine”… (as in “Headroom”)

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