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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Yusra Abdulahi

Warnings AI tools used by government on UK public are ‘racist and biased’

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In 2020 a legal challenge stopped the Home Office from using an algorithm to help sort visa applications which contained ‘entrenched racism and bias’. Photograph: Guy Corbishley/Alamy

Artificial intelligence and algorithmic tools used by central government are to be published on a public register after warnings they can contain “entrenched” racism and bias.

Officials confirmed this weekend that tools challenged by campaigners over alleged secrecy and a risk of bias will be named shortly. The technology has been used for a range of purposes, from trying to detect sham marriages to rooting out fraud and error in benefit claims.

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