Cara Jones is the CEO and co-founder of Marinus Analytics, which is dedicated to advancing public safety by tackling human trafficking and child exploitation.
Marinus empowers authorities with actionable insights by analyzing public data from exploitation hotspots without compromising privacy.
Traffic Jam, Marinus Analytics’s software, has saved an estimated 70,000 investigative hours in identifying victims of human trafficking more efficiently and accurately using AI and automation.
The company's mission is to continue to innovate and promote victim-centered trauma-informed policing.
Marinus Analytics partners with public safety agencies worldwide to assist in the identification of victims of human trafficking and cyber fraud.
The recent $400K investment from the Richard King Mellon Foundation will be used to expand software and broaden positive impact on the fight against human trafficking and online harm.
One of the ethical considerations in the development of AI-driven tools for public safety is privacy and data security measures.
Future advancements in AI, particularly open-source multimodal AI models, can enhance Marinus Analytics’s ability to disrupt human trafficking and organized crime.
These models can also help in generating more effective embeddings for textual and visual data, which would lead to more accurate pattern-matching and cross-referencing capabilities.
With Marinus Analytics’s technology, vulnerable individuals are protected, and investigations against commercial sexual exploitation can be done more effectively.