UK supermarkets rolling out AI-based age verification

BBC reports U.K. supermarkets have begun trialing artificial intelligence-powered software to automatically verify ages for alcohol sales. Asda, Co-op and Morrisons will use the verification system, with customer consent, to scan faces and guess ages using algorithms trained on a database of 125,000 anonymous faces ages 6-60. Robin Tombs, chief executive officer of system provider Yoti, said the verification technology helps "keep pace with consumer demands for fast and convenient services, while preserving people's privacy."