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Prosecutors used an AI tool to send a man to prison for life. Now the person who created it is under investigation.

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Adarus Black, 19 , was convicted of killing Na'Kia Crawford in a drive-by shooting in Akron , Ohio .

Prosecutors had no direct evidence tying Black to the location of the murder, an Ohio appellate court later said.

Cybercheck 's AI-powered crime-fighting tool, Cybercheck , has been used in hundreds of thousands of cases.

But serious questions have been raised about the program and its reliability.

Cybercheck can argue the algorithms and training data that power these AI tools are trade secrets.

In many cases, prosecutors don't even have access to the source code and haven't reviewed the underlying technology.

Defense attorneys face an uphill battle in trying to challenge the reliability of evidence generated using AI .

Cybercheck was used in at least two murder trials in Summit County , Ohio .

Cybercheck 's automated system placed Phillip Mendoza's phone at the location of the shooting with 93.13% accuracy.

Prosecutors in the case ultimately decided to withdraw Cybercheck evidence before it could be subjected to a hearing to determine its reliability.