Fox News: New Technology Could Help Find Traffickers

Smith Chief national correspondent ░░░░░░░░ Griffin has the very ░░░░░░░░ for us from the ░░░░░░░░ Hi Jennifer GRIFFIN Hi ░░░░░░░░ Well new AI driven ░░░░░░░░ technology exists that could ░░░░░░░░ Border Patrol agents and ░░░░░░░░ Department of Homeland Security ░░░░░░░░ fentanyl traffickers coming across ░░░░░░░░ southern border But Fox ░░░░░░░░ has learned these advanced ░░░░░░░░ solutions remain underutilized or ░░░░░░░░ used at all due ░░░░░░░░ what the company s ░░░░░░░░ says is a bureaucratic ░░░░░░░░ up at DHS that ░░░░░░░░ under the Biden Administration ░░░░░░░░ continues today Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ We discovered that we ░░░░░░░░ the ability using this ░░░░░░░░ to actually force the ░░░░░░░░ traffickers into behaviors that ░░░░░░░░ be riskier for them ░░░░░░░░ to make it harder ░░░░░░░░ them to get fentanyl ░░░░░░░░ the border Clip ends ░░░░░░░░ Most fentanyl enters the ░░░░░░░░ S through legal border ░░░░░░░░ via semi trucks driven ░░░░░░░░ American citizens not migrants ░░░░░░░░ backpacks through illegal routes ░░░░░░░░ Foundry software can be ░░░░░░░░ on the laptop or ░░░░░░░░ smartphone of a Border ░░░░░░░░ agent to pick out ░░░░░░░░ truck in line at ░░░░░░░░ border is likely carrying ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts MEGHJI Something ░░░░░░░░ we noticed is how ░░░░░░░░ is paid for in ░░░░░░░░ in the trucks and ░░░░░░░░ payments We noticed patterns ░░░░░░░░ behavior of the trucks ░░░░░░░░ the trailers themselves where ░░░░░░░░ ended up There s ░░░░░░░░ specific parking lot in ░░░░░░░░ that is well known ░░░░░░░░ a both human trafficking ░░░░░░░░ drug transshipment point And ░░░░░░░░ you know that the ░░░░░░░░ is there then you ░░░░░░░░ backwards and say oh ░░░░░░░░ if it s crossing ░░░░░░░░ border maybe we want ░░░░░░░░ take a second look ░░░░░░░░ that one Clip ends ░░░░░░░░ Similarly CBP has deployed ░░░░░░░░ surveillance towers made by ░░░░░░░░ another defense tech firm ░░░░░░░░ can detect a human ░░░░░░░░ from 2 8 kilometers ░░░░░░░░ These sentinel towers are ░░░░░░░░ by solar panels and ░░░░░░░░ 24 7 in remote ░░░░░░░░ using a software known ░░░░░░░░ Lattice The system identifies ░░░░░░░░ human being and then ░░░░░░░░ a notification to border ░░░░░░░░ on their phones or ░░░░░░░░ with an image surrounded ░░░░░░░░ bright green rectangles Anduril ░░░░░░░░ founder has said if ░░░░░░░░ sentinel towers had been ░░░░░░░░ along the border between ░░░░░░░░ and Ukraine they could ░░░░░░░░ tipped the Ukrainians to ░░░░░░░░ Russian invasion and perhaps ░░░░░░░░ prevent a war We ░░░░░░░░ reached out to DHS ░░░░░░░░ comment on how they ░░░░░░░░ using these AI technologies ░░░░░░░░ the southern border The ░░░░░░░░ has proudly named these ░░░░░░░░ surveillance towers the sentinel ░░░░░░░░ a proven program of ░░░░░░░░ Sandra Smith Something we ░░░░░░░░ keep watching closely Jennifer ░░░░░░░░ at the Pentagon for ░░░░░░░░ Thank you very much.”