As Chinese AI Models Gain Popularity in the West, Their Chatbots Fail to Debunk Pro-China False Claims More Than Half the Time

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More than 60 groups tell Home Office to stop using racist and faulty AI facial age estimation tech on asylum-seeking children

This tech could see vulnerable children seeking asylum in the UK facing a serious threat to their safety at the hands of the UK government.

Home Office knew AI age checks for migrants were flawed – but rolled it out anyway

Exclusive: Government advisers describe the tool as ‘hideously flawed’ amid concern facial age estimation has ‘baked-in racial bias’ – and can wrongly identify a 14-year-old as an adult

The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.

How We Analyzed AI Used to Guess Asylum Seekers’ Ages

Using a leaked report and NIST data to audit facial age estimation AI for efficacy and bias.

First-ever Home Office data reveals hundreds of child refugees wrongly treated as adults, despite expert warnings | Helen Bamber

After years of campaigning, the Home Office has for the first time published its own data confirming that hundreds of child refugees arriving in UK alone are being wrongly treated as adults, with devastating consequences. These children are routinely placed in adult accommodation, immigration detention and even adult prisons.

AI tool will lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns

‘Racist bias’ overestimating ages in Home Office’s facial-recognition software will lead to solo children being housed with adults, says Human Rights Network

AI Diversity Report: Race and Gender Bias in AI-Generated Videos

AI videos are now mainstream. But do the tools that generate them replicate society’s race and gender biases?

55 AI-Generated Video Statistics: Disclosure, Detection, and Trust

AI-generated video is projected to account for 10% of all digital video content in 2026

From Democracies to Autocracies: How AI Systems Enable Authoritarianism by Design

AI-enabled authoritarianism is not confined to autocracies. In this paper, we provide greater transparency by investigating and mapping the lifecycles of six AI systems deployed in different political regimes, ranging from the US to China. By drawing on an extensive range of sources (academic publications, investigative research reports, third-party evaluations, media interviews, government procurement notices), we conduct a systematic, qualitative comparison across systems to identify the critical technical and operational features that enable authoritarianism within their respective political contexts. We find that enabling features include the centralization and co-optation of administrative data for law enforcement and political punishment, regulatory gaps that fail to deter misuse, weak user compliance that nullifies human oversight mechanisms, and the encoding of protected group traits that identify members of vulnerable populations. We find that these features are present across systems deployed in autocratic and democratic regimes, albeit in varying configurations. We also find that both centralized and fragmented AI systems can contribute to authoritarianism by exploiting governance gaps: centralized systems directed by executive authorities, particularly within security and military institutions, are often not subjected to formal oversight mechanisms, while fragmented systems diffuse accountability between stakeholders, paving the way for entrenchment. These findings reveal that AI-enabled authoritarianism is distributed, resulting from design and operational choices made by developers, administrators, and users alike. We conclude with recommendations for developers and policymakers to mitigate these risks.

Researchers Detail How AI Systems Can Enable Authoritarianism

A new preprint study of authoritarianism-enabling AI presents another set of evidence of the gaps in safeguards, writes Tim Bernard.

Twitter Is Dead, X Is Elon’s Personal Propaganda Platform, Where Grok Checks His Feed Before Answering

Last week, Elon Musk’s Grok AI started spewing extreme antisemitism, calling itself “MechaHitler” and pushing conspiracy theories about Jewish people. But that wasn’t the mo…

OpenAI’s Sora Is Plagued by Sexist, Racist, and Ableist Biases

WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.

AIの「回答のばらつき」と「政治的バイアス」をどう防ぐ？ 【GlobalFact2026報告③】

国際ファクトチェックネットワーク（IFCN）の「グローバル・ファクト2026」では、ファクトチェックへのAIの活用やリスクについて、多くのパネル討論が開かれました。中でも、AIの信頼性に関する議論は、ファクトチェッカーたちが最も危機感を募らせたテーマの一つです。AIはどの程度信用できるのか。登壇者たちが報告したAIの問題点と、改善に向けた取り組みを紹介します。 世界最大のファクトチェッカー「AI」を監視せよ 同一プロンプトなのに、日によって変わる回答 英国のファクトチェック団体Full Factは、AIが提示する情報の信頼性について、独自に分析した結果を発表しました。登壇したのは、団体のCEO・Chris Morris氏と、AI部門責任者Andrew Dudfield氏です。 Full Factは2009年創設。2025年の総収入305万ポンド（約6億円）規模の非営利団体で、活動資金は個人の寄付や財団、テック企業などからの資金でまかなっています。政治家の発言やネット上の誤情報を多数検証してきた実績がありますが、2025年、主要な資金源の一つだったGoog

Scientists Asked AI to Impersonate 112 Public Figures. What Happened Next Is a ‘Dire’ Warning

Researchers discovered that people found AI impersonators to be more authentic, coherent, and relevant than the real politicians, raising alarm bells around the potential for public deception.

Your Online Public Engagement is Under Attack from AI

In Los Angeles and elsewhere, AI agents are diluting communities' voices and influencing how decision-makers vote.

The Missing Resistance in China’s AI Debate

As Washington negotiates AI guardrails with Beijing, it must understand why the AI debate in China is so quiet: control, not consent.

In Texas, AI-generated political ads are blurring the line between real and fake - Poynter

Experts say increasingly realistic campaign ads could make it harder for voters to distinguish authentic messages from fabricated ones

Asylum by Algorithm

The UK has turned to AI to determine the age of asylum seekers, and other countries are likely to follow suit. Our investigation finds the technology is deeply unreliable.

The Great AI Divide: Navigating U.S. and Chinese dominance

At a Rest of World event during New York Tech Week, we explored the challenges and possible solutions to the dominance of American and Chinese AI companies.