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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Pol Allingham

Sadiq Khan blocks Met Police’s controversial £50 million deal with Palantir

Khan cited a ‘clear and serious breach’ of procurement procedures - (PA Wire)

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50 million deal between the Metropolitan Police and the controversial US technology company Palantir, citing a "clear and serious breach" of procurement procedures.

Scotland Yard had been in talks to utilise Palantir’s artificial intelligence technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, a development first reported by The Guardian in April.

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