Instagram is testing AI that verifies your age with a selfie scan. It's not perfect
CNN
Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users' ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is.
Meta-owned Instagram said in a blog post on Thursday that AI is one of three new methods it's testing to verify users' ages on the photo-sharing site. Users will be required to use one of the options to verify their age if they edit their birth date on Instagram from under age 18 to over 18. Instagram is testing these options first with its users in the United States. It already requires users to state their age when they start using the service, and employs AI in other ways to determine if users are kids or adults.
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