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Rebuilding faces and identifying tattoos, AI joins the search for the missing in Mexico
In 2021, Héctor Daniel Flores Hernández was reported missing. Two years later, his father, Héctor Flores, saw his son’s image speak again. In a video generated through artificial intelligence technology, which digitally animated a still image and gave it a synthesized voice, the figure of Héctor Daniel Flores Hernández narrated the story of his disappearance — when he was 19 years old from his home in Guadalajara — and demanded that the authorities find him alive. Since then, his father has made the search for a way of life.
TL;DR
- AI is being used to create videos of missing persons, animating their photos and giving them synthesized voices to narrate their disappearances and demand action.
- Tools like IdentIA use AI to identify and classify tattoos on unidentified bodies, aiding in cross-referencing with missing persons reports.
- ContextIA processes unstructured documents from investigation files to extract data and cross-reference cases across databases.
- ImageBox uses AI to clean and restore damaged facial images of deceased individuals, assisting in identification and preventing distress for families.
- The Regresa Project utilizes AI for age progression, generating images of how missing children would look today to help in their recovery.