"On Monday, West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford wrote to a Parliamentary committee that his officers did not catch a hallucination by Microsoft's AI tool when they were preparing their security recommendations for a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Aston Villa on November 6. Ultimately, fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv were barred from attending the UEFA Europa League fixture, a decision that sparked a torrent of criticism reaching as high as Prime Minister Keir Starmer."
"Guildford said that Microsoft Copilot provided false information about a game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and West Ham United, a different Premier League squad. That game never happened, but the details were used to inform a decision that led to the police force's decision to deny Maccabi Tel Aviv fans entry to the game against Aston Villa. On Wednesday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told Parliament that she had lost confidence in Guildford."
West Midlands Police used Microsoft Copilot information that included a hallucinated, fictitious match when preparing security recommendations for the November 6 game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Aston Villa. Officers failed to detect the AI-created false details, and those details contributed to the decision to bar Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the UEFA Europa League fixture. Chief Constable Craig Guildford apologized to a parliamentary committee for previously stating AI had not been used and for attributing the error to a Google search. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood stated she had lost confidence in Guildford. The episode underscores the need for workers to verify AI outputs; Microsoft did not immediately comment.
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