Ribeiro-Addy also stated that the department has not explained how it will ensure there is accountability when they fail or justified why some of the most vulnerable people, with the least power, should bear the greatest risks, while calling for transparency, accountability and strict regulation to restrict how AI is used and to prevent its wider rollout.
Information for the report has been gathered from a mix of limited information published by the Home Office, freedom of information requests and questions from MPs.
The research states that AI is being trialled and tested in near-total secrecy, with officials routinely invoking national security to stonewall freedom of information requests and redact disclosures.
Artificial intelligence has been embedded across the Home Office in near-total secrecy, reinforcing the so-called hostile environment for immigration, according to research.
The department adds that these technologies cannot be used in isolation and do not make decisions on claims.
The report raises concerns about reducing people to data points and replicating the hostile environment first envisaged by Theresa May as home secretary in 2012.
A Home Office spokesperson said that the use of artificial intelligence is just one of the tools at our disposal to protect our borders and does not replace or automate the role of human decision-makers.
The department has not explained how it will ensure there is accountability when they fail or justified why some of the most vulnerable people, with the least power, should bear the greatest risks.” We urgently need transparency, accountability and strict regulation to restrict how AI is used and to prevent its wider rollout.” A Home Office spokesperson said: “Use of artificial intelligence is just one of the tools at our disposal to protect our borders and does not replace or automate the role of human decision-makers.
AI was embedded across the Home Office in near-total secrecy, reinforcing the so-called hostile environment for immigration, according to research.
Ribeiro-Addy said: “In spite of questions and requests, the Home Office has been reluctant to publish the documents that would explain how AI is used in asylum processing, what the problems are and how they are being addressed.