While the use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession has received some bad press over the past year in instances when ChatGPT bungled cases, AI technology has been used for years outside the courtroom for investigative purposes and is becoming more efficient all the time.

One area where AI tools have delivered real results is in helping to put away suspects targeting children.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been leveraging AI technology to save time and precious resources to identify and eventually prosecute child predators at scale.