AI Incident Database: West Midlands Police Reportedly Relied on Erroneous Copilot-Generated Intelligence in Maccabi Tel Aviv Away-Fan Ban Decision
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.
AI Incident Database · Incident 1400Operator lens (medium): inspect D2 (output validation), D6 (autonomy oversight).
Event summary
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.
Linked entities
- Microsoft
vendor | 70%
- west-midlands-police
organisation | 70%
- maccabi-tel-aviv-supporters
organisation | 70%
- jewish-community-in-birmingham-and-the-west-midlands
organisation | 70%
- epistemic-integrity
organisation | 70%
- maccabi-tel-aviv-f.c.
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-microsoft to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |