UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences

Exclusive: findings show uncontrolled and potentially discriminatory way technology used in Whitehall and some police forces

• UK risks scandal over ‘bias’ in AI tools in use across public sector

Government officials are using artificial intelligence (AI) and complex algorithms to help decide everything from who gets benefits to who should have their marriage licence approved, according to a Guardian investigation.

The findings shed light on the haphazard and often uncontrolled way that cutting-edge technology is being used across Whitehall.

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