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title: ""During a four-week period, the research team tried out their tool on…"
date: 2017-08-25
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# "During a four-week period, the research team tried out their tool on…

*August 25, 2017 · Facebook*

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[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145355-ai-uses-bitcoin-trail-to-find-and-help-sex-trafficking-victims/](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145355-ai-uses-bitcoin-trail-to-find-and-help-sex-trafficking-victims/){target="_blank"}
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\"During a four-week period, the research team tried out their tool on 10,000 adverts. It correctly identified about 90 per cent of adverts that had the same author, with a false positive rate of only 1 per cent. One of the bitcoin wallets they tracked down was responsible for \$150,000 worth of sex adverts, possible evidence of an exploitation ring.\"\
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[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145355-ai-uses-bitcoin-trail-to-find-and-help-sex-trafficking-victims/](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145355-ai-uses-bitcoin-trail-to-find-and-help-sex-trafficking-victims/){target="_blank"}
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