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Met Police awards £6.76m AI OSINT contract to Neotas

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The Metropolitan Police has awarded Neotas a £6.76 million contract for an automated Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) screening system. This system will be used to monitor professionalism and counter-terrorism activities, with integrated capabilities for firearms licensing and intelligence gathering. The technology is designed to search for "adverse activity" across any historical data available from its sources. AI

IMPACT This contract signifies the growing adoption of AI-powered OSINT tools for law enforcement and security purposes, potentially influencing similar procurements in other agencies.

RANK_REASON Contract award for an AI-powered OSINT tool.

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Met Police awards £6.76m AI OSINT contract to Neotas

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · thomaster ·

    The Met has selected Neotas for a £6.76m automated OSINT screening deal covering Professionalism and Counter Terrorism, with firearms licensing and intelligence

    The Met has selected Neotas for a £6.76m automated OSINT screening deal covering Professionalism and Counter Terrorism, with firearms licensing and intelligence expansion built in. The system can search for “adverse activity” across any timeframe retained by the source. We traced…

    LINKS thomaster.substack.com/…/adverse-activity…

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