Artificial Intelligence #age verification#facial recognition
UK to Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces with Flawed AI Age Estimation Despite Internal Warnings
The UK Home Office plans to deploy facial age estimation AI on asylum seekers from 2026, despite an internal report showing the technology regularly mistakes children for adults and exhibits racial bias. The system errors by an average of 4.6 years for female Sub-Saharan Africans, the largest migrant group crossing the Channel.
Jun 18, 2026 1 source