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."
UK supermarkets rolling out AI-based age verification
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