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French interior official used Google AI to refuse visas to two asylum seekers

A French interior ministry official used Google's AI to refuse visas to two female asylum seekers. The official boasted about this experiment in a memo presented to the administrative court. The case is now before the court.

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French Ministry of Interior
Product, system or model
Google AI
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