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U.K. funder uses AI triage to reject half of grant proposals

Suspended its AI-triage decisions and agreed to re-review every screened-out proposal

CRANE has scrapped the AI screening that rejected about 90 of its 179 cybersecurity grant proposals. The U.K. network apologized for not being transparent, suspended its funding decisions, and said every proposal cut by the AI will now go to human reviewers, with final decisions promised by 20 November.

Updated Oct 19