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Police AI tool Raven pinpoints homes from a single interior photo

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404 Media reports that Raven, a tool from Graylark Technologies formerly known as GeoSpy, has added interior-image geolocation that can identify a specific home from a single indoor photo. In demos, a washer/dryer photo taken from social media was traced to an Airbnb listing in Charlotte, North Carolina, with results quoting the listing's text; another pointed to a Vrbo property in Montecito, California, and other examples indicated Zillow photos were used. The Los Angeles Police Department and Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office have bought access to Raven, while Airbnb and Zillow say scraping violates their terms and Airbnb says it is reviewing the case. Graylark CEO Daniel Heinen pitched the feature as useful for trafficking and exploitation investigations, but 404 Media notes it is unclear whether the demos reflect typical performance, and the Miami-Dade sheriff's office previously said its use was limited and produced no major breakthroughs.

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It shows how consumer real-estate and rental photos can become a law-enforcement geolocation capability, sharpening privacy and data-scraping concerns.

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#Graylark Technologies#Raven#GeoSpy#Los Angeles Police Department#Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office#Airbnb#Zillow#Vrbo#Daniel Heinen

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