Whatever you think of AI software, it certainly has its uses when it comes to law enforcement. It’s already helping police crack cold cases around the world View 3 Images AI police: definitely not scary (Image: Getty Images)

Bots are coming for the baddies! This week the Daily Star revealed that TV investigator Mark Williams-Thomas reckons artificial intelligence will solve the Madeleine McCann case.

The ex-cop thinks AI could help analyse data to identify potential suspects and lines of inquiry in the unsolved 2007 disappearance of the three-year-old in Portugal.

But Robocops are already at work helping to catch criminals. Here we reveal some of the ways AI is being used…

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