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Met to expand use of live facial recognition into central London by Christmas
Technology to be used in six more areas next year as critics say tens of thousands of people will be forced into ‘digital police lineup’ The Metropolitan police is to expand its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology, first into London’s West End by Christmas and then into a further six areas next year.…
Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan over blocked £50m Met police contract
US spy-tech company to challenge London mayor’s intervention after he raised concerns over breach of procurement rules Palantir intends to sue the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, after he blocked a contract between the US spy-tech firm and the Metropolitan police. The Met had planned to use Palantir’s software to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations,…
Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked
London mayor accused of ‘putting politics above public safety’ for rejecting deal to use AI in intelligence analysis UK politics live – latest updates Palantir has accused Sadiq Khan of “putting politics above public safety” after the London mayor blocked its £50m contract with the Metropolitan police in a move that has also led to…
AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn
Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate use How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition Britain’s biometrics watchdogs have warned that national oversight of AI-powered face scanning to catch criminals…
Met investigates hundreds of officers after using Palantir AI tool
Met says AI software unearthed rule-breaking ranging from work-from-home violations to suspected corruption The Metropolitan police have launched investigations into hundreds of officers after using an AI tool built by the controversial tech company Palantir to root out rogue cops. The software was deployed by the Met over the course of a week, surveilling staff…
Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations
Exclusive: Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data The Metropolitan police has held talks with Palantir that could lead to the London force buying the US spy-tech company’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis for criminal investigations, the Guardian has learned. Palantir, whose software is…
Met police disrupt suspected international smuggling ring in UK’s ‘largest’ phone theft crackdown
The criminal organisation is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months Police have disrupted an international network suspected of smuggling tens of thousands of stolen phones from the UK in its largest operation to tackle phone theft in London, the Metropolitan police said.…
Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests police misrepresented footage of far-right rally in London
Met forced to rebut misinformation amplified by X users as Musk accused of inciting violence with protest comments The Metropolitan police has had to counter false suggestions by the artificial intelligence on Elon Musk’s X platform that the force passed off footage from 2020 as being from Saturday’s far-right rally in the city. The claim…
Expert rejects Met police claim that study backs bias-free live facial recognition use
Academic says sample size was too small to claim new sensitivity guidelines have removed racial, gender or age bias The Metropolitan police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support their case, a leading expert on the technology has said. The Met is…
Met chief rejects calls to scrap live facial recognition at Notting Hill carnival
Mark Rowley says technology will be ‘non-discriminatory’ and ‘does not perform in a way which exhibits bias’ The Metropolitan police commissioner has hit back at demands to drop the use of live facial recognition cameras at this weekend’s Notting Hill carnival over concerns of racial bias and an impending legal challenge. Mark Rowley wrote in…