Police chief admits he misled MPs after AI was used to justify banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

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Craig Guildford was asked for the first time by MPs about the non-existent game against West Ham on December 1st., external

He told them: ‘Certain claims relating to West Ham in my story compiled over the weekend are completely false.

“It is said that it is the result of some social media scraping It’s been done and it’s wrong. Although this was one element of an 8-9 page document, we support its key principles. ”

Then Paul Kohler asked me: “Wait a minute, so you did an AI search, got information about West Ham, and put it out into the world…”

Mr Guilford replied: “No, that’s not the case. We do a very comprehensive assessment.”

On January 6, Guildford again denied that AI was used.

“There were clear notes against West Ham that we understood until the end.

“The conclusion in the House of Commons, and this was a question asked in the House of Commons, was that West Midlands Police may have used AI on this particular occasion. Does not use AI.

“The situation on West Ham’s side and how we obtained that information is that in preparing the report, one of the police officers would normally… access a system used by football police officers across the country that stores intelligence reports on past matches.

“The search we conducted for this purpose did not yield any relevant information.
They basically Googled when was the last time. That’s how I got the information. ”

Chair Karen Bradley asked, “Was it Google’s AI capabilities?”

Mr Guilford responded: “I’m being very frank here. That’s what I’ve been told.” They just did a Google search. Because it was not found in the normal system. ”