Met gets extension to AI project with spy tech firm Palantir after mayor blocked deal

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The Metropolitan Police in London has been granted a 12-month extension to continue their AI pilot project with spy tech firm Palantir, despite Mayor Sadiq Khan blocking a £50m deal over procurement concerns. The extension allows continued operation while a new procurement process is conducted.

Sadiq Khan said procurement rules had been broken but allows police another 12 months to operate pilot in London The Metropolitan police has been granted a 12-month extension to a pilot project with the spy tech firm Palantir while the force carries out a procurement process. The development comes weeks after the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, blocked a £50m deal between the Met and the US company to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations. Continue reading...