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Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir
UK NewsPoliticsTechnology•May 21, 2026 at 7:07 PMNational

Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir

By Robert Booth UK technology editor•The Guardian - UK News

Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir, sparking a bitter row between the London mayor and Scotland Yard.After the UK’s largest police force had agreed to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, Khan intervened, citing “serious concerns” about how the deal had been struck. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing

Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir, sparking a bitter row between the London mayor and Scotland Yard.

After the UK’s largest police force had agreed to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, Khan intervened, citing “serious concerns” about how the deal had been struck.

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