00:00The Office of the Ombudsman is turning to its digital and AI huckleberries to sift through and review a voluminous
00:07trove of produced documents by the Independent Commission on Infrastructure after its half-year work on the flood control scam.
00:15A total of 197 megaboxes sums up the six-month probe of the ICI and all paperwork it generated and
00:24gathered, and it will be scanned and entered into an AI database for safekeeping and duplication.
00:31Our Rod Lagusa tells us more.
00:34The Office of the Ombudsman will use artificial intelligence to ensure that all contents of the 197 megaboxes transported by
00:42two trucks and turned over by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure to the agency will be carefully captured.
00:48These contain all documents, evidence, and findings from the investigations conducted by the ICI during its six-month operations related
00:56to the flood control mess.
00:57In total, the ICI submitted nine referrals involving 65 individuals to the Office of the Ombudsman.
01:03According to Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano, all of these will undergo scanning and will be stored in an AI system.
01:09Para makuha po natin yung substance ng lahat.
01:13Kasi ang nilalaman po niyan ay mga affidavits, mga transcripts po ng mga hearings nila sa ICI, recommendations, even lists
01:23of properties, lists of bank accounts.
01:27Lahat po yan nandyan sa mga boxes na yon. It is voluminous.
01:31He said that AI will help speed up their work.
01:34They will ensure that the system to be used is secure from possible cyber attacks.
01:38But Clavano clarified that AI will only serve as a guide.
01:42The process will still be human-centered.
01:46So, after we run through AI, kailangan pa rin siya isupplement through verification by actual investigators.
01:53But at least, mas guided po yung ating pag-verify ng mga documents or yung pag-compare ng ating mga
02:02dokumento.
02:02Meanwhile, the five-day work week will remain in the Office of the Ombudsman, an independent constitutional body.
02:08This, he said, is necessary to ensure the continuity of investigations including those related to the issue of blood control
02:14projects.
02:15In addition, there will be no work-from-home arrangement.
02:17The Ombudsman wants everyone to be at the office.
02:20Kasi iba po talaga, pag-investigation ang pinapag-usapan, everyone has to be here.
02:24Face-to-face has a different dimension to it eh.
02:27Diba? You get to see the body language.
02:28Alam nga naman, mag-interview po kami ng witness through Zoom.
02:32Hindi po natin makita yung body language po nila.
02:37Yung kung gano'n sila ka confident magsalita.
02:41Despite this, there will be flexible hours and shuttle services for employees along with encouragement for carpooling to help save
02:48costs.
02:48The Office of the Ombudsman assured the public of its focus on pursuing those involved in anomalous blood control projects,
02:54where many of these cases are already in advanced stages whether under preliminary investigation or submitted for resolution.
03:01Rod Lagusad from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
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