UK Home Office launches £75m PoliceAI centre to expand AI use in policing
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The UK Home Office has launched a new national centre called "PoliceAI" (rebranded from the earlier "Police.AI" proposal) with £75 million in funding over three years to scale up the use of artificial intelligence for policing in England and Wales. The initiative, first outlined in January's policing white paper, aims to leverage AI technology for identifying stolen goods and tracking individuals selling illegally obtained items.
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· 3 pulledThe 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
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