US researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology which can help detect illegal drug sales on social media. The scientists from the University of California in San Diego geared the system towards looking for signs of people selling prescription drugs on Twitter. Our newest ally in the fight against opioid abuse is a computer that’s learning how to figure out when humans are selling each other prescription medication on the internet. In trials, it analysed 600,000 tweets and found 1,778 cases of drugs being sold, even providing information about the locations in which the transactions were taking place. “AI is a powerful tool to identify patterns that are not easily detected by human beings,” said Dr David Spiegel, who led one of the studies.
US researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology which can help detect illegal drug sales on social media. The scientists from the University of California in San Diego geared the system towards looking for signs of people selling prescription drugs on Twitter. In trials, it analysed 600,000 tweets and found 1,778 cases of drugs being sold, even providing information about the locations in which the transactions were taking place. “AI is a powerful tool to identify patterns that are not easily detected by human beings,” said Dr David Spiegel, who led one of the studies.