Australia’s police to use AI to decode criminals’ emoji slang to curb online crime — “crimefluencers” will be decoded and translated for investigators

Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm, incorporating itself knee-deep in various aspects of our society seemingly overnight, for better or for worse. In the case of Australia’s police, the intention is pure, and the goal is to prevent crime or catch suspects more effectively with the use of an AI that can translate modern, online slang, in particular, emojis. Young adults who are part of hate groups on social media that spread violent rhetoric and often act on it — who Australian…