Border Patrol Leverages AI to Crack Down on Fentanyl Networks
• Law enforcement is using AI technology developed by startup Altana to track companies that make ingredients used to manufacture fentanyl.
• The AI platform maps the relationships between suppliers, manufacturers, and billions of transactions.
• Border Patrol has seen success disrupting fentanyl networks thanks to intelligence from the AI system.
• In two major operations, agents seized 13,000 lbs of ingredients and 10,000 lbs of fentanyl, arresting 284 people.
• It's concerning whether fentanyl manufacturers could exploit the AI tracking data for their own purposes.