# UK Home Office may face investigation over use of OpenAI-based asylum tools

> Original title: UK Home Office May Face Investigation Over Use of OpenAI Tech

- Source: Wired · AI
- Published: 2026-10-27T15:10:26.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/oa5nvpb8cio9kpburhu2ammz1
- Original: https://www.wired.com/story/uk-home-office-may-face-investigation-over-use-of-openai-tools/

## Summary

A UK government watchdog is considering an investigation into the Home Office's use of generative AI tools to process asylum applications, WIRED reports. Researchers at Open Rights Group found that the share of case summaries deemed unfit for use is significantly higher than the 9 percent error rate in the government's pilot evaluation. The tools, built on OpenAI's GPT-4 and Microsoft Foundry, are not listed on the UK's public repository of government algorithmic tools, and asylum seekers are not told when they are used.