Interior Ministry wants to use AI translations in asylum proceedings

The Interior Ministry is preparing an amendment to the foreigners’ law that would allow the authorities to use AI instead of human interpreters in asylum proceedings. Interpreters have protested against the idea, warning of the uncertain quality of such tools, but refugee aid organizations welcome the change, saying that it promises greater objectivity in the procedure.

Participants in the asylum procedure would have the right to refuse a machine translation, but in that case they would have to arrange for a court interpreter and cover the costs of the service.