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facial age-estimation technology
Coverage of facial age-estimation technology in the Nexus archive.
- 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.