‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims
Tasks from determining asylum seekers’ ages to border surveillance now involve AI, says Open Rights Group AI has been embedded across the Home Office in…
The Guardian reports: Tasks from determining asylum seekers’ ages to border surveillance now involve AI, says Open Rights Group AI has been embedded across the Home Office in near-total secrecy, reinforcing the so-called hostile environment for immigration, according to research.
This technology story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Home Office, Open Rights Group AI and AI.
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- Home Office, Open Rights Group AI, AI, Open Rights Group
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