UK police chief resigns over AI intel embarrassment, blames 'political and media frenzy' rather than his force's failure to fact-check Copilot

West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford, the head of the UK police force that admitted earlier this week that it had used faulty information from Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant in its controversial decision to ban Israeli football fans from a November 2025 Europa league match, has announced his resignation (via the BBC). His retirement follows days of criticism over the scandal, with UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood and Downing Street both expressing that they had "lost confidence" in the chief constable.