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Britain will use AI to assess ages of asylum seekers in a world-first, with other countries likely to follow suit But our investigation, based on a leaked report and our own algorithmic audit, finds the technology is deeply unreliable

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

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

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