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UK Home Office's secret AI use in immigration detailed in new report · 5 sources tracked

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A new report from Open Rights Group (ORG) details the extensive and secretive use of artificial intelligence by the UK Home Office in immigration and border control. The report, titled "Automated Discrimination: Unpacking the Digital Hostile Environment," highlights how AI is employed in various aspects, from assessing asylum seekers and detecting sham marriages to border surveillance. ORG argues that AI is being used to 'solve' migration through technology, but this approach embeds existing biases and discrimination into automated systems, creating a "digital hostile environment." AI

IMPACT Highlights how AI in government can perpetuate discrimination and lack transparency, urging for stricter regulation.

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Want to know more about our report? Join us TOMORROW for the launch of Automated Discrimination: Unpacking the Digital Hostile Environment, written by @ fabioch

    Want to know more about our report? Join us TOMORROW for the launch of Automated Discrimination: Unpacking the Digital Hostile Environment, written by @ fabiochiusi.bsky.social . 🗓️ Wed 28 October 🕠️ 5:30–7:30pm 📍 King's College London, UK 🎫 Final tickets Reserve a spot ⬇️ https:…

    LINKS eventbrite.co.uk/…/automated-discriminati…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “Migration is a human phenomenon and experience, not a technical problem that can be fixed by artificial intelligence. We urgently need transparency, accountabi

    “Migration is a human phenomenon and experience, not a technical problem that can be fixed by artificial intelligence. We urgently need transparency, accountability and strict regulation to restrict how AI is used and to prevent its wider rollout [in the UK].” 💬 @ sarahalsherif f…

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The UK Home Office's use of AI comes with near total secrecy. Attempts to look behind the curtain are met with 'national security' exemptions or redactions to t

    The UK Home Office's use of AI comes with near total secrecy. Attempts to look behind the curtain are met with 'national security' exemptions or redactions to the point of meaninglessness. This limits our ability to ensure human rights are not being bypassed or to challenge the f…

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Our report shows how AI has become stitched into the UK Home Office. From detecting potential sham marriages and age estimation of asylum seekers to searching p

    Our report shows how AI has become stitched into the UK Home Office. From detecting potential sham marriages and age estimation of asylum seekers to searching phones and producing summaries for asylum decisions. Plus border surveillance with live facial recognition, AI-powered dr…

  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    NEW 📰 ORG's report reveals the sweeping use of AI across immigration and UK borders. Driving it is the idea that migration can be 'solved' by technology. But th

    NEW 📰 ORG's report reveals the sweeping use of AI across immigration and UK borders. Driving it is the idea that migration can be 'solved' by technology. But the biases and discrimination of anti-immigration policies are born again in code. This is the automated hostile environme…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/digital-hostile-environ…

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