The UK's Home Office is offering £1.3 million ($1.7 million) to developers of age-determining software - a tech it wants to deploy widely across its systems.

A contract tender posted days ago states the government is looking for an "algorithm that can accurately predict the age of a subject."

"Home Office are seeking to procure an algorithm that can accurately predict the age of a subject," the contract's description reads. "This will have multiple use cases for Home Office, an example could/would be to assist in determining the age of those who are encountered without verifiable identity documentation."

While the tender does not cite any specific examples, the Refugee Council has previously highlighted the dangers of inaccurately assessing the age of asylum seekers, refugees, and migra

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