UK Police Halt Two AI Models for Child Crime Risk Over Low Accuracy

Avon and Somerset Police, along with Bristol City Council, have discontinued the use of at least two artificial intelligence models designed to assess the risk of crimes against children. The decision followed reports of low accuracy, with independent auditors unable to verify the systems due to missing source code and variable lists.

According to WIRED, which collaborated with Liberty Investigates, The Bristol Cable, and Lighthouse Reports, the analysis was based on hundreds of pages of documents obtained through freedom of information requests. The report comes as PoliceAI, a national center for testing and scaling AI tools in English and Welsh policing, is being launched.