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This was already known for a number of years. The AI isn't accurate so it isn't right to be using it untested. This is a real problem with technology now. This is a good documentary on the subject.

Last month, the UK Home Office announced it would use age estimation technology to crack down on small boat arrivals 'posing as children' We can now reveal its own internal report found the tech often assesses minors as adults — and performs worst for nationalities arriving in the largest numbers

Separately, our audit of publicly available data on the age estimation tech of German company Cognitec, which the UK has contracted to provide the tool, finds it misclassified more a third of 16-year-olds as adults, and performed significantly worse on people from African countries

foxglove.org.ukFoxglove, Human Rights Watch and 60 other organisations write open letter to Government condemning Home Office border tool aimed at asylum-seeking childrenThis open letter has been prepared by Foxglove and Human Rights Watch. A full list of signatories can be found at the bottom of the page.

Two ex-scientific advisors to the Home Office have spoken out for the first time, saying they weren't consulted on the plans & have grave doubts Meanwhile an open letter to the Home Office by @fox-glove.bsky.social, @hrw.org & more calls for a halt to the rollout