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 that it had awarded a £322,000 contract to Harlow-based IT firm  Akhter Computers to provide “an algorithm that can accurately predict the age of a subject.”Many young people seeking asylum arrive in Britain without “verifiable identity documents,” but age remains a material factor in how some asylum claims are assessed with under-18s more likely to remain.

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 that it had awarded a £322,000 contract to Harlow-based IT firm  Akhter Computers to provide “an algorithm that can accurately predict the age of a subject.”

Many young people seeking asylum arrive in Britain without “verifiable identity documents,” but age remains a material factor in how some asylum claims are assessed with under-18s more likely to remain.

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