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Banjo said its "opioid dashboard" would be able to help state officials predict where overdoses might happen by making an overdose "heat map." It plugged it as part of its "live time intelligence" product which the company said would monitor social media, surveillance cameras, state data, and other inputs to predict crime and track down criminals. A state audit, launched after investigations by Motherboard and OneZero, found that Banjo essentially didn't actually have any artificial intelligence capabilities.Do you know about any other apps that abused data access? We’d love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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