#AI news from England that US readers might not have seen: police banned fans of a particular soccer team from attending a game because of high risk of violence, citing their behavior at a previous match.
Except the previous match never happened.
Turns out the police used Microsoft CoPilot when hunting for info about the team's fans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c394zlr8e12t
#MicroSlop
Jennifer Hamilton, MD PhD
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