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Man used AI to make false statements to shut down London nightclub, police say

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Heaven club neighbour admits offences under Licensing Act, as Met says fictitious AI-generated complaints a growing issue A businessman has pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to shut down a nightclub, which police believe were generated using AI.A Metropolitan police source said the use of AI to generate letters by complainants who do […]

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Man used AI to make false statements in effort to shut down London nightclub

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Case of businessman using AI to generate false letters of complaint against Heaven nightclub part of a growing issue, say policeA businessman has pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to shut down a nightclub, which police believe were generated using AI.A Metropolitan police source said the use of AI to generate letters by

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FCA deal gives Palantir yet more access to inner workings of power in Britain

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Contract affords AI analytics firm access to trove of data on one of the most important financial centres in the worldPalantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA dataPalantir’s latest UK contract takes the AI and data analytics company into the heart of one of Britain’s biggest industries: financial services,

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‘They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue’: the disturbing rise of nightlife content

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Footage of women walking between bars and clubs in UK city centres, often filmed covertly, is proliferating online – attracting thousands of views and profits for those who post them. Can anything be done to stop the creepshots?‘My friend just sent me this video, told me she’d found me in it,” read the text. “As

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Readers reply: What if Shakespeare was dropped in modern-day London?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders the hypothetical reactions of eminent historical personages to today’s Trafalgar SquareThis week’s question: which are more like life, novels or films? If William Shakespeare – or Florence Nightingale, or Attila the Hun, or Julius Caesar, or Jane Austen, or Pocahontas – was dropped in

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Met police to pilot facial recognition identity checks, mayor confirms

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Sadiq Khan reveals 100 officers will use roaming technology for six months but opponents call its use ‘alarming’Metropolitan police officers are to start scanning citizens’ faces using automated facial recognition technology to check their identities, in a move backed by the mayor Sadiq Khan but branded “alarming” by opponents.The pilot was revealed on Thursday when

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Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct

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Exclusive: Police Federation condemns deployment of US firm’s tech to analyse behaviour as ‘automated suspicion’Scotland Yard is using AI tools supplied by the US tech company Palantir to monitor staff behaviour in an attempt to root out failing officers, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police has previously declined to confirm or deny whether it used

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London man angry at ‘Orwellian’ incident in supermarket using facial recognition tech

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‘I shouldn’t have to prove I am innocent,’ said man misidentified by Sainsbury’s staff using Facewatch systemA man was ordered to leave a supermarket in London after staff misidentified him using controversial new facial recognition technology.Warren Rajah was told to abandon his shopping and leave the local store he has been using for 15 years

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‘Coffee is just the excuse’: the deaf-run cafe where hearing people sign to order

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In-person interactions break down barriers in east London, as AI startups also try to bridge communication divideWesley Hartwell raised his fists to the barista and shook them next to his ears. He then lowered his fists, extended his thumbs and little fingers, and moved them up and down by his chest, as though milking a

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Sadiq Khan to urge ministers to act over ‘colossal’ impact of AI on London jobs

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In Mansion House speech, mayor will talk of opportunities technology offers but highlight mass unemployment riskSadiq Khan is to warn in a major speech that artificial intelligence (AI) could destroy swathes of jobs in London and “usher in a new era of mass unemployment” unless ministers act now.In his annual Mansion House speech, the London

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