Deny, deny, admit: #UK police used #Copilot #AI “hallucination” when banning #football fans

After repeatedly denying for weeks that his force used AI tools, the chief constable of the #WestMidlands police has finally admitted that a hugely controversial decision to ban #MaccabiTelAviv football fans from the UK did involve hallucinated information from #Microsoft Copilot.
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https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/deny-deny-admit-uk-police-used-copilot-ai-hallucination-when-banning-football-fans/

Deny, deny, admit: UK police used Copilot AI “hallucination” when banning football fans

Police finally come clean about botched use of AI tools.

Ars Technica