SA firm to use AI to predict crime before it happens

2017-05-29 Kyle Venktess: Fin24

Johannesburg – A software company in Cape Town is hoping to predict crime before it happens through machine-learning, artificial intelligence and data capturing.

Solution House Software has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) module designed to predict and map potential crimes before they happen.

Solution House Software director Tiaan Janse van Rensburg told Fin24 that the module collates data from 50 types of crimes, from rapes to hijackings to house breakings.

“Using data such as weather patterns and other reported crimes, we are able to predict the likelihood of a specific crime taking place, on a particular day at a particular time,” he told Fin24.