Instagram is testing an AI tool that verifies your age by scanning your face

This seems to be a useful application of face recognition technology going well beyond social media.

Note this technology is still in its infancy. E.g. kinks etc. are still being ironed out (what a beautiful old fashioned idiom in the age of AI 😄).

I recently discussed here the pros and cons of face recognition.

"Instagram is testing new methods for users to verify their age, including an AI tool built by a third-party company, Yoti, that estimates how old you are just by scanning your face. ...

Yoti is a well-known player in online age and ID verification, and its technology has been approved for use by the UK government and German digital regulators. It uses various facial signals to estimate a target’s age. (Though the company itself says it doesn’t know what exactly these signals are. Wrinkles? A look of ineffable sadness? It’s all in the mix.) ..."

Instagram is testing an AI tool that verifies your age by scanning your face - The Verge You can try it out yourself — how old does the computer think you are?