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UK Home Office launches £75M 'PoliceAI' to capitalise on artificial intelligence
Key takeaways
- The Home Office has formally launched a new national centre for scaling up the use of artificial intelligence for policing in England and Wales.
- Creating Police.AI was one of a range of measures set out in January’s From Local to National: A New Model for Policing white paper.
- Public Technology asked the Home Office why the name Police.AI had been changed.
The Home Office has formally launched a new national centre for scaling up the use of artificial intelligence for policing in England and Wales.
Creating Police.AI was one of a range of measures set out in January’s From Local to National: A New Model for Policing white paper. The launch of the centre, which is being given £75m in funding over the next three years, says it will now be known as “Police AI”.
Public Technology asked the Home Office why the name Police.AI had been changed. A spokesperson said it was “just a stylistic choice by ministers”.
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