For once, algorithms that predict crime might be used to uncover bias in policing, instead of reinforcing it. A group of social and data scientists developed a machine learning tool it hoped would ...

Scientists deploy algorithms and mathematical models such as machine learning, which imitates the way humans learn, to extract useful information and insights from existing data.

After using HunchLab for 12 months, the St Louis County Police department expects a drop in this year's crime statistics, but the results are hard to measure as a direct effect of predictive policing.