Agenda item

Use of Algorithms and AI within City of London Police

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Minutes:

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning the use of algorithms and AI.

 

Members welcomed the Police’s cautious approach to the adoption of AI and were keen that the Force continued to track and monitor developments, particularly when it came to national or international approaches to establishing best practice in this area. Whilst this was, for now, at an embryonic stage, the technology (such as facial recognition) continues to evolve and the ethical concerns are becoming more apparent. A Member proposed that a separate session on Data Ethics, which outlined some of the concerns and potential risks that would likely emerge as the technology matured would be useful. Officers would set up a session in 2021.

 

Separately, the Chair added that she had been reassured about the Force’s approach to algorithms in its procurement of a successor system to Action Fraud.

 

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.

 

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