British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted
2026-06-25 · WIRED
British police went all-in on an AI crystal ball to predict crime, only to discover the machine's predictions were about as trustworthy as a Magic 8-Ball. WIRED's investigation reveals the messy reality behind the hype: unreliable results from a sprawling predictive analytics experiment. Nothing says 'public safety' like basing policing decisions on AI outputs you can't even verify.