"I was upstairs trying to get [the website] to load and my Mum was downstairs doing the same thing," he told CNN. "The algorithm thought that if the school hadn't achieved [high grades] before, [pupils] couldn't get them now," he told CNN. Crider told CNN that the algorithms replicated the biases found in the raw data used. "We have been reviewing how the visa application streaming tool operates and will be redesigning our processes to make them even more streamlined and secure," a UK Home Office spokesperson told CNN. Activists and experts told CNN they hoped recent debates around algorithms would lead to greater oversight of the technology.

Source: CNN August 23, 2020 03:56 UTC