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Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests

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Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’ UK politics live – latest updates A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim. The case relates to a Moroccan woman and her child who fled her country after experiencing forced underage marriage and extreme violence, including rape. The woman claimed asylum on the basis of fears that she would be killed by her husband: a powerful, previously convicted criminal. Continue reading...

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