AI turns bodycam footage into text. Can it keep the speakers straight?

Researchers evaluated artificial intelligence tools used to transcribe police body camera recordings. The software omitted thousands of words and combined statements from different speakers into single accounts. Legal workers and supervisors must check these records against original footage before using them in criminal cases.

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