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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

Peers inflict Government defeat amid fears gender self-ID might confuse AI

Peers fear a mis-match between sex at birth and the sex recorded on passports might confuse some AI models (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

Ministers have suffered a defeat in the House of Lords amid fears gender self-ID might mislead the AI systems doctors and the police use.

Peers voted 205 to 159, majority 46, to amend the Data (Use and Access) Bill, demanding that Government agencies “reliably ascertain the personal data” on passports and drivers’ licences.

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