AI tool may lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns
Rights groups and children's charities warn that the UK Home Office's AI-powered facial-recognition age-detection system may have racial bias, potentially overestimating the ages of black children. This could result in solo child refugees being housed with adults, putting their safety at risk.
Why it matters: The use of this AI system could wrongly classify vulnerable child refugees as adults, increasing their exposure to harm in adult facilities.
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