Home Office AI use in asylum and immigration cases faces secrecy and accuracy scrutiny

1. 11:10 AM
   Wired · AINews

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

   AIA 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.

1. 8:01 PM
   The Guardian · AINews

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

   AIA 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.

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