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    "id": "82967b3c-e7c6-407a-bd9d-d5019e56f928",
    "code": "PAI-82967B3C",
    "force": "Serious Fraud Office",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "country_code": "uk",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "United Kingdom",
    "technology": "AI-assisted document review and technology assisted review",
    "technology_slug": "ai-ml-forensic-tools-bundle",
    "vendor": "OpenText (Axcelerate, per the SFO's 2018 announcement)",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "official",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "April 2018",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "The Serious Fraud Office announced on 10 April 2018 that it had adopted Axcelerate, \"a new AI powered document review system from OpenText\", after using it in the Rolls-Royce investigation, in which the company provided an estimated 30 million documents, and that a pilot \"robot\" had been used to scan for legally privileged material; it said artificial intelligence \"is made available to all of its new casework from this month\". The SFO Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 says the office \"continued to develop our use of Technology Assisted Review\", set up an internal AI Steering Group to increase its AI capabilities, and is exploring opportunities such as a general-purpose AI tool for non-operational use and pilots of potential operational AI use cases. The annual report does not name Axcelerate or OpenText. It describes a continuing review of current and former e-discovery software and a separate issue, found in late November 2025, with the legacy Autonomy e-discovery system, which the SFO believes may have affected about 20 cases. Neither source says whether the 2018 product is still in use.",
    "source": "SFO Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26; SFO news release, 10 April 2018",
    "source_url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a58aa679e631544544137f6/SFO_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2025-26.pdf",
    "last_checked": "2026-11-05",
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