Innovation in the news

• Everytown Labs Announces Launch of EveryShot, AI-Powered Tool to Track Gun Violence

  • Everytown Labs Announces Launch of EveryShot, AI-Powered Tool to Track Gun Violence (Everytown)
  • Gun control group wants to show you how and where guns are being used (USA TODAY)

• Everytown Labs Rolls Out First Product, AskEverytown, AI-Powered ChatBot

  • Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Announces Launch of Everytown Labs, Groundbreaking New Initiative to Utilize AI Technology In the Fight Against Gun Violence (Everytown)

• AI used to replicate the voices of gun violence victims for use in lawmaker advocacy work.

  • These six young people died by gun violence. Now their AI-generated voices are sending gun control pleas to lawmakers. (CNN)

• School districts asking if AI-powered security software can help detect weapons and identify threats.

  • Opinion: I study school shootings. Here’s what AI can — and can’t — do to stop them (CNN)
  • AI and School Security (National School Boards Association)

• “Smart gun” makers hoping to utilize biometrics to reduce risk from unintentional shootings or stolen firearms.

  • The Rise of Smart Guns (The Smoking Gun)
  • Smart Guns and Gun Safety Features (Everytown)
  • The first smart gun with facial and fingerprint recognition is now for sale (NPR)

• An effort to incorporate AI-powered tools for law enforcement to detect arms trafficking in Europe.

  • CEASEFIRE: An AI-Powered System for Combating Illicit Firearms Trafficking (ARXIV)

• Microstamping could incorporate a unique marking on every shell casing to help law enforcement track crime guns to their owners.

  • Microstamping Inventor: Gun Industry “Missing An Opportunity” (The Smoking Gun)

• 3-D Printing technology presents a new challenge by allowing unserialized firearms and restricted accessories into our system.

  • Ghost Guns (The Smoking Gun)
  • “Glock Switches” and Auto Sears (The Smoking Gun)

• Researchers use machine learning to understand the relationship between gun safety laws and suicide rates.

  • Predicting State-Level Firearm Suicide Rates: A Machine Learning Approach Using Public Policy Data (AJPM)

• Ammunition vending machines that utilize AI for purchaser ID verification.

  • Gun Ammunition Vending Machines Installed at Grocery Stores in 3 States (The New York Times)
  • Bread and bullets: Some Southern supermarkets now sell ammo out of vending machines (NPR)

• An online tool uses AI, aerial imagery and data from residents to help cities prioritize neighborhood repairs for maximum impact on gun violence.

  • Solver Partnership Case Study: Revamping Urban Spaces to Reduce Gun Violence (MIT Solve)

• Social workers collaborate with data scientists to understand and intervene in gang violence.

  • Using Natural Language Processing and Qualitative Analysis to Intervene in Gang Violence: A Collaboration Between Social Work Researchers and Data Scientist (ARXIV)