The Expert Witness | S37 Trailer
5/11/20263 min
Episodes 1 & 2 coming May 19, 2026.
The small city of Akron, Ohio was drowning in unsolved murders. Until one day something happened.
And suddenly those cold cases? Started to get closed. A ground breaking Canadian AI technology was coming to the rescue. Tracking criminal behaviour to bring justice where humans had failed. But as the cases stack up, and charges are laid, two lawyers grow skeptical. Human cracks appear in the mysterious new tech. Can the doubters open up this black box and reveal its true workings, before it takes hold across the world? Hosted by Sam Mullins.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[theme music] This is a CBC podcast.
Sam Mullins· Host0:03
Imagine someone claiming they saw you in a place you'd never been.
Speaker 2· Guest0:08
He had obviously from the beginning had expressed his innocence, unequivocal.
Sam Mullins· Host0:13
And you were charged with a crime you say you didn't commit.
Speaker 3· Guest0:17
When you're talking about taking away somebody's freedom, you want to tread carefully.
Sam Mullins· Host0:24
Where the only witness pointing the finger at you isn't even human.
Speaker 4· Guest0:29
I'm like, "What is this thing?"
Sam Mullins· Host0:31
It's something artificial.
Speaker 3· Guest0:33
I remember thinking, "Are you serious?"
Sam Mullins· Host0:37
A new era of law enforcement is here.
Speaker 3· Guest0:40
The technology itself is, is fascinating and potentially terrifying.
Speaker 5· Guest0:46
This is his software. This is what his software does.
Sam Mullins· Host0:49
Created by a mysterious Canadian.
Speaker 3· Guest0:53
Expensive AI stuff from Canada.
Speaker 5· Guest0:56
There is no human intervention.
Speaker 4· Guest0:58
Says who? Oh, the Canadian? Okay. Well, cool.
Sam Mullins· Host1:01
A brand-new tool is tracking down suspects all across America.
Speaker 6· Soundbite1:07
We start tonight with some breaking news that one family has been waiting on.
Speaker 7· Soundbite1:14
State police used a startup AI company called CyberCheck.
Speaker 5· Guest1:18
CyberCheck.
Speaker 2· Guest1:19
CyberCheck.
Sam Mullins· Host1:19
CyberCheck.
Speaker 3· Guest1:20
CyberCheck.
Speaker 01:21
CyberCheck.
Speaker 5· Guest1:22
CyberCheck.
Speaker 7· Soundbite1:22
When he gets in CyberCheck mode, it's like he's a madman.
Sam Mullins· Host1:25
What is this CyberCheck thing?
Speaker 6· Soundbite1:27
It wasn't until they utilized the new AI technology