Britain's plans to use artificial intelligence to help assess the age of young asylum seekers have sparked fierce criticism from hundreds of charities and refugee organisations, which warn the technology could wrongly classify vulnerable children as adults.
The proposal, backed by the Home Office, is intended to support age assessments when officials have doubts about whether an asylum seeker is under or over 18. However, critics argue that AI-driven facial analysis lacks sufficient accuracy and could have serious consequences for children seeking refuge in the UK.
