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.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Microsoft developed an AI system deployed by West Midlands Police, which harmed Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters , Jewish community in Birmingham and the West Midlands , Epistemic integrity and Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C..
Alleged implicated AI system: Copilot
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1400
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-10-24
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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The chief of West Midlands police has apologised to MPs for giving them incorrect evidence about the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans, saying it had been produced by artificial intelligence (AI).
Craig Guildford told the home …
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Andy Cooke post-incident response
23 Stephenson Street
Birmingham
B2 4BH
Sir Andy Cooke QPM DL
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary
HM Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services
Sent by email:
The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department
14 January …
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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