An Army veteran walked into a California police station to make a horrifying confession.

The Home Office’s failure to inform asylum applicants that AI tools are being used in their assessments is likely to be unlawful, according to a legal opinion, published today.

Exclusive: MPs, charities and rights group warn that accuracy should not be sacrificed for speed in ‘life and death’ asylum decisions

​The Yorkshire filmmaker found himself at the foot of the doomed Twin Towers the moment they came crashing to the ground

Exclusive: Government advisors 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 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.

After the conviction of Henry Nowak’s killer, the right is embracing racialised language. This tragedy is now just part of a political tussle, says Joe Mulhall of Hope Not Hate

A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death?

Investigation prompts European Commission to launch “comprehensive study” into outsourcing of visa processing.

Outsourcing giant VFS Global has made huge profits by exploiting people around the world whose ‘weak’ passports require them to apply for visas to travel

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A channel constantly breaking the rules has effectively become Reform TV, while our useless state regulator does nothing

The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster

Brook House near Gatwick airport was the subject of an independent inquiry after G4S guards were filmed abusing detainees in 2017. Now, The Independent has obtained stark written accounts from officer...

Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?

TBI insiders warn of “'insane” plan to transform think tank into a tech company

After the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021, Britain pledged sanctuary to Afghans who faced reprisals for working with UK forces – but thousands are still waiting. Now, as Britain drags its heels, we ...

Interior ministry will tell 640 people awaiting sanctuary ‘there is no longer any political interest in their being admitted’

The authorities are preparing to test a technique that was previously considered too dangerous for passengers' lives in order to stop migrant boats. There are also concerns over the criminal liability...

New tactics to stop boats set to be introduced despite warnings there is ‘no way’ to carry out such manoeuvres safely