Key bits:

The report referenced a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and West Ham that never happened - pressed by MPs last week, Chief Constable Craig Guildford insisted that the force “do not use AI”, instead blaming a Google search

In an earlier appearance at the Home Affairs Committee, he had blamed “social media scraping” for the incorrect information

However, in a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee released today he admits the mistake was the “result of a use of Microsoft Co Pilot” - an AI tool

Certain professions should be banned from using AI until the underlying model no longer hallucinates(I.e. is not based on LLM). Namely civil servants and any legal or law adjacent profession. We can’t afford to have civic life controlled by buggy software. There’s a new Post Office type scandal brewing here.