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State pensioners are more likely to be flagged for fraud by a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) artificial intelligence tool. The DWP AI could see o lder claimants investigated as the Labour Party government cracks down on overpayments.

The National Audit Office (Nao) has warned benefit claimants who are above the state pension age were almost 50 times more likely to be referred for investigation than younger people.

That is according to analysis released by the DWP . The Nao said the data suggested some groups were being “over-referred” and that MPs had “repeatedly raised concerns about the potential impact of machine learning [...] on vulnerable claimants”.

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