Developments in AI are revolutionising DNA evidence – but can we totally trust the machines? 

Sophisticated AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques are being developed to work out whether a DNA sample came directly from someone at a crime scene or was just innocently transferred. But could this technology introduce even more miscarriages of justice when even the software developer doesn’t fully understand how the AI works?

Read Karen Richmond from the University of Strathclyde’s article here as she explores the issue for The Conversation.