# Open Rights Group report says AI is embedded across the Home Office in near-total secrecy

> Original title: ‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims

- Source: The Guardian · AI
- Published: 2026-10-27T00:01:02.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/txmiebzmfeerg26o7y2pksrys
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/27/digital-hostile-environment-ai-secretly-embedded-home-office-report

## Summary

A report by Open Rights Group says the Home Office has embedded AI in tasks including sham-marriage detection, age checks for asylum seekers, live facial recognition at borders, and case prioritisation through the Ipic tool. The report, titled Automated Discrimination, calls for AI regulation, a ban on undemocratic uses, and greater transparency. A Home Office spokesperson says AI only assists caseworkers and does not make asylum decisions.