Inside the Met Police’s £750 million tech force and its battle to use AI

Inside the Met Police’s battle to use AI (Picture: Getty/Metro)

A battle within the heart of London crime is brewing. But it’s not between gangs, it’s the Mayor and the Metropolitan Police butting heads.

An ever-tech-savvy Scotland Yard has made a £50 million deal with AI company Palantir to speed up criminal investigations.

If a contract isn’t inked, the Met has warned it will have to cut officer numbers.

But human rights campaigners and AI ethics experts have questioned why an American tech company is burrowing deep into British public life...