And so we find ourselves where we knew we'd end up... the Home Office using AI-generated slop (a document that doesn't;t exist) to refuse an asylum claim.

AI & its associated technologies are having clear & consequential effects, yet they no doubt will allow Home Office officials to escape censure for lying & misrepresentation;

'it was the machine what done it, M'lud'.

Court's will need to be more sceptical of HO claims from now on!

#HomeOffice #refugees #politics

theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/j…

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

Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’

^{Diane Taylor (The Guardian)}