JAKARTA - Police in Osaka, Japan, use an artificial intelligence-based virtual police chief or AI to remind residents of online fraud. The character named AIko appears through the local police YouTube channel.
Kyodo News, quoted Sunday, June 28, reported that AIko was introduced after cases of identity fraud increased in Osaka. The police hope that the virtual character can reach more residents, especially the younger generation.
The name AIko combines the words AI and ko, a Japanese suffix commonly used in female names. AIko is made with the voice and appearance of a young woman.
In a video released in late May, AIko explained examples of fraudulent tactics and online conversations between perpetrators and victims.
"No police showed their ID cards and arrest warrants online," said AIko in a video titled AIko's Crime Prevention Class.
According to the police, the perpetrator often disguised himself as a policeman, a celebrity who offers investment, or a romantic partner. This mode does not only target the elderly. People aged 20 to 60 years old are also victims.
Based on provisional police data, residents aged 64 years and under accounted for almost half of the victims of similar fraud in Osaka Prefecture last year.
Toshinori Hirano, a visiting professor at Kagawa University's Center for Cyber Security who helped the police before creating AIko, hopes that the use of technology can "increase crime prevention awareness".
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