RNZ18 Oct, 2026 06:09 PM5 mins to readSubscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now?SaveShare this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter/XLinkedInRedditBy Phil Pennington of RNZPolice investigators misused artificial intelligence (AI) translation tools numerous times in seriously risky ways, official documents show.One investigator put 350,000 lines of Chinese audio data into Google Translate, an unsecured platform for police. The breaches came after initial success using