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OTTAWA — Some RCMP body cameras in Alberta and B.C. aren’t just recording people anymore, they’re writing about them too. For months, the police force has been testing a new technology where artificial intelligence writes a draft report based on body camera audio of an interaction. In July, the RCMP launched a year-long pilot project in eight B.C. and two Alberta detachments where audio from officers’ body cameras is uploaded into an AI transcription service to automatically generate a draft incident report. The force budgeted up to $200,000 for the test. The AI software is Draft...