AI now helping Indian police in crime detection, here’s how SIMBA may aid policing

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In a bid to bolster its crime detection capabilities, the Nagpur Police has adopted a new AI-powered tool named SIMBA, developed by Gurugram-based startup Staqu Technologies. This collaboration follows Staqu's earlier success with CrimeGPT, launched in partnership with the Uttar Pradesh police. SIMBA aims to enhance the law enforcement efficiency of Nagpur city police by leveraging advanced AI technology.

SIMBA, an acronym for Surveillance, Investigation, Monitoring, and Big-data Analytics, integrates advanced generative AI to provide instant information from various data sources, including CCTV feeds, images, and audio related to crime and criminals. Built on Staqu's proprietary JARVIS platform, SIMBA incorporates a digitised database containing records of over 150,000 criminals. The tool offers customised information based on specific prompts and includes features such as speaker identification and facial recognition.

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"Our longstanding vision revolves around a robust security infrastructure propelled by advanced technology, and SIMBA perfectly aligns with this vision," Rai stated. "The integration of SIMBA powered by our JARVIS platform underscores our commitment to providing advanced technology that empowers law enforcement agencies to maintain public safety more effectively. We are proud to work with homeland security and hope to keep strengthening our collaborative relationship with Nagpur Police to fortify the security landscape," said Atul Rai, Co-Founder and CEO of Staqu Technologies. 

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The core of SIMBA's functionality is CrimeGPT, which utilises an extensive criminal database to deliver results from video, document, and audio data. Users can search for criminal information using facial recognition, audio input, or natural language queries.