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AI lie detection at border control should proceed with caution

31 October 2018

A new tool that uses AI to help make border control decisions will only be advisory, but history shows people give technology too much weight
border control

An AI lie detector will interrogate travellers at some EU borders

31 October 2018

A digital border guard will be trialled at some borders in Hungary, Latvia and Greece for six months. It includes an AI lie detector, but some doubt it will work

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