An Arizona police department is among the first in the nation to use life-like, AI-generated suspect sketches in an effort to generate tips from the public on open cases.

The Washington Post reported that the Goodyear Police Department has used AI twice this year to generate suspect images. The first was in April for an attempted kidnapping case, and again this November for a shooting. Unsurprisingly, both cases remain open, and the images have not led to any arrests. But experts warn that this new tactic could further complicate the already tricky process of identifying suspects.

The images were produced by Mike Bonasera, a forensic artist who has been drawing police sketches for about five years, the newspaper reported. In a typical year, he is asked to sketch up to seven composite dr

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