Overview

• Massive Blue's Overwatch deploys AI-generated personas to engage suspects online, targeting human traffickers, drug operations, and political activists.
• Pinal County, Arizona, has an active $360,000 contract funded by an anti-human trafficking grant, but no arrests have been made to date.
• Critics, including privacy advocates, question the tool's lack of transparency, trade-secret protections, and potential First Amendment violations.
• Documents reveal Overwatch's use of lifelike AI personas, such as 'college protesters' and 'child trafficking personas,' to gather intelligence on suspects.
• Despite claims of generating leads, officials and journalists have not verified the tool's effectiveness, prompting ongoing public records requests and oversight inquiries.