UK to roll out AI facial recognition at borders/Representative Image The UK government is moving ahead with plans to introduce artificial intelligence technology at the border to help identify asylum seekers who falsely claim to be children.The system, expected to be introduced in 2027, will estimate a person’s age by analysing facial photographs taken during […]
A Bangladeshi-origin software engineer, Alvi Choudhury, was arrested at his Southampton home last month and was detained for 10 hours after a facial recognition software mistakenly identified him as the suspect of a burglary in Milton Keynes, 100 miles away. Choudhury told the Guardian that he was confused when police knocked on his door and […]
The UK trialled facial recognition e-gates at Manchester Airport, allowing British travellers to skip passports/Representative Image The United Kingdom has begun trials of a “contactless” border control system, allowing British travellers to re-enter the country without presenting their passports. The technology, which uses facial recognition to verify identity, was tested over three weeks at Manchester […]
