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  • 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,…

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  • 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…

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  • AI will transform the ‘human job’ and enhance skills, says science minister

    Patrick Vallance says robots would take away ‘repetitive’ tasks, but Sadiq Khan warns AI will usher in ‘new era of mass unemployment’ Advances in AI and robotics will transform human jobs, starting with roles in warehouses and factories, the UK science minister has said, as the government announced plans to reduce red tape for robot…

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  • 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.…

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