More Winnipeg residents will have their non-emergency calls answered by artificial intelligence as the police service expands its AI-powered voice agent pilot program next week.

Winnipeg Police Service said in a Friday news release that it has been testing the system for nearly a year, with the hopes that the AI agent will replace the existing automated voice system that guides callers through a pre-recorded list of options. 

Police said the non-emergency line has received about 900 calls per day…