The previously unreported case is a window into the evolution of AI-powered policing, and a harbinger of the constitutional issues that will inevitably accompany it. Typically, Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology is used to search for plates linked to specific crimes. But in this case it was used to examine the driving patterns of anyone passing one of Westchester County’s 480 cameras over a two-year period. Zayas’ lawyer Ben Gold contested the AI-gathered evidence against his client, decrying it as “dragnet surveillance.”

Brewster, T. (2023, July 17). This AI Watches Millions Of Cars Daily And Tells Cops If You’re Driving Like A Criminal. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/07/17/license-plate-reader-ai-criminal/