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UK uses AI to detect and prevent record £480m in fraud

( September 24, 2025, 09:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The UK government used AI and data tools to retrieve and prevent a record £480 million ($645 million) in fraud in the year to April, it said on Wednesday. The tools retrieved £186 million of fraudulent Covid-era business support loans and prevented £68 million in wrongful pension payments, it said in a statement. The government said it planned to license the new AI fraud prevention technology to other governments. Statement follows:...

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