AI in Immigration

AI is used to help with border control as well as analyse immigration and visitor applications. The implementation so far has flagged the encoding of unfair treatment of individual visa applications based on the person’s country of origin. The use of facial recognition technology to detect deception has raised concerns of discrimination against people based on ethnic origin.

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AI in immigration can lead to ‘serious human right breaches’

AI in immigration can lead to ‘serious human right breaches’

This video refers to a report from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab that raises concerns that the handling of private data by AI for immigration purposes could breach human…

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We tested Europe’s new lie detector for travellers – and immediately triggered a false positive

We tested Europe’s new lie detector for travellers – and immediately triggered a false positive

We Tested Europe’s New Lie Detector for Travelers — and Immediately Triggered a False Positive4.5 million euros have been pumped into the virtual policeman project meant to judge the honesty…

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