AI firm that worked with Vote Leave given new coronavirus contract
by David Pegg and Rob Evans from Technology | The Guardian on (#546RW)
Deal may allow Faculty, linked to senior Tory figures, to analyse social media data, utility bills and credit ratings
An artificial intelligence firm hired to work on the Vote Leave campaign may analyse social media data, utility bills and credit rating scores as part of a 400,000 contract to help the government deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
The company, Faculty, was awarded the contract by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government last month. However the full details of its work for the government are unknown because the published version of the contract was partly redacted.
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