Law enforcement is always looking for ways to keep drugs out of the country and into your neighborhood.
Agencies are now turning to artificial intelligence to help keep us safe, especially on the southern border.
That’s where Border Patrol agents find nearly 99% of the fentanyl smuggled into the United States.
Drugs like fentanyl are almost impossible to find just by using orthodox methods.
To help, the government is expanding a $9 million contract awarded to global supply chain startup platform Altana to use AI tools to track fentanyl production.
How AI is used to track fentanyl production
Altana uses artificial intelligence to track down the companies that make the substances used to make fentanyl.
It also tracks where the ingredients are sent.
Agents can then use that information to shut down both the production and distribution networks of deadly synthetic opioids.
The company combines all that information in an ever-evolving knowledge map.
While we don’t know exactly how Altana tracks those companies, it shows the relationship between suppliers and manufacturers. In fact it shows billions of transactions.
It works much like the startup’s efforts to track goods made using forced labor.
Altana uses AI to track companies that make the substances used to make fentanyl. Getty Images/iStockphoto
How AI helps border patrol seize fentanyl, arrest traffickers
The Border Patrol has seen results using AI technology.
According to the Customs and Border Protection report, agents have conducted two major missions since contracting Altana in July.
One resulted in the seizure of 13,000 pounds of material used in the production of fentanyl. Agents arrested 284 people and seized 10,000 pounds of fentanyl in another.
The fact that Altana can create a growing map chart provider and producer using public data is surprising.
That’s something that’s extremely difficult to achieve without AI and also requires a large amount of manpower.
The government extended a $9 million contract to Altana to use an AI tool to track fentanyl production. DEA
Plus, we’re already seeing the results. But, I have to wonder if this can be exploited. Can fentanyl manufacturers and distributors get this information? If so, how will they use it? Is there a use for them?
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