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UK government faces backlash over £322k AI facial scanning contract to age-check child asylum seekers

CAMPAIGNERS have slammed the government over plans to use “dangerous and discriminatory” AI facial scanning to guess the age of unaccompanied children seeking asylum.The Home Office announced today…

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Matt Kerr1mo ago5 min readenNews

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