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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
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A surveillance state is no fix for Brexit's Irish border issue

16 August 2017

The UK has called for "technology-based solutions" to manage the Irish border, but tracking the flow of goods and people could mean intrusive surveillance

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