We trained AI to recognise footprints, but it won’t replace forensic experts yet

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We trained AI to recognise footprints, but it won’t replace forensic experts yet

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By Matthew Robert Bennett and Marcin Budka
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The size of barefoot prints can tell you about a person’s height, weight and gender

Using artificial intelligence in forensics might help free up the human experts to focus on the difficult cases, write Matthew Robert Bennett and Marcin Budka

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