Who killed Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme? Amateur sleuths ask AI for help

STOCKHOLM, Feb 28 - Forty years after Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot dead on a Stockholm street, Swedes are still wondering whether the murder was the work of a lone gunman or a political assassination. Read more at straitstimes.com.

STOCKHOLM, Feb 28 - Forty years after Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot dead on a Stockholm street, Swedes are still wondering whether the murder was the work of a lone gunman or a political assassination.

Decades later, the murder remains unsolved, and amateur detectives have turned to Artificial Intelligence in the hope of identifying new leads and persuading authorities to reopen an investigation that was shut down in 2020.

The team on a crime podcast called Spår ("Track") has started investigating leading theories about the murder with an AI engine developed for them by Swedish and Belgian software firms.

"This is about the murder of our leader, a democratically elected prime minister. You can't just close the case," said Anton Berg, a co-presenter of the podcast, which intends to present the findings using AI gradually.

So far, Spår has announced no breakthrough in the case. But, pointing to the ability of AI tools to learn and improve, Berg said: "Our hope is that this tool will get so advanced that we can open up the investigation again."

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