West Midlands Police Reportedly Relied on Erroneous Copilot-Generated Intelligence in Maccabi Tel Aviv Away-Fan Ban Decision
Description
West Midlands Police reportedly included inaccurate intelligence purportedly generated using Microsoft Copilot in materials used to justify banning Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from attending a November 2025 Europa League match against Aston Villa. The reported Copilot-linked error, which referred to a match that had not taken place, was later acknowledged by Chief Constable Craig Guildford.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- west-midlands-police
- law-enforcement
- national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders
Alleged Developers
- microsoft
Harmed Parties
- maccabi-tel-aviv-supporters
- maccabi-tel-aviv-f.c.
- jewish-community-in-birmingham-and-the-west-midlands
- epistemic-integrity
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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