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Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination

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Craig Guildford banned Israeli fans based on Microsoft’s match report, told MPs ‘we don’t use AI,’ then discovers… they did

The chief constable of West Midlands Police has retired after his force used fictional output from Microsoft Copilot in deciding to ban Israeli fans from attending a football match at Birmingham club Aston Villa.…

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