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Has an AI sleuth unmasked the Zodiac Killer? - The Sunday Story

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Episode Has an AI sleuth unmasked the Zodiac Killer? - The Sunday Story

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Alex Baber is a self-taught investigator from rural West Virginia who claims to have solved a case that’s defeated the world’s best cryptographers for half a century: the identity of the Zodiac killer. Baber used AI to interpret the coded notes the serial killer left behind and, in the process, made another startling discovery.

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Guest: Josie Ensor, chief US reporter, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Emily Webb.

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Read more: An AI sleuth claims to have finally unmasked the Zodiac murderer, one of America’s most notorious serial killers

Clips: Paramount Pictures.

Photo: Getty Images.

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