Skip to content
The Nexus
TECHNOLOGYJul 29 · 04:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN TECHKaamil Ahmed

AI tool will lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns

The British government's AI-powered facial age-estimation software, criticized for racial bias, risks overestimating the ages of child refugees, leading to their placement in adult facilities. Human Rights Network and other groups warn this flawed system endangers children, particularly Black children from conflict zones, and urge the government to abandon the plan.

Nexus surfaces and summarizes. The full story lives at the source.

Mentioned
Spot something wrong with this article?Report a problem →
Forward this
Related Signal

Adjacent reporting