Instagram + New Age Verification System

Jono8 said:
How is it possible for this to be in any way accurate? I mean it can be tough at times as a human to pinpoint someone's age. I can't see how an AI could possibly determine this, accurate down to the year.
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Facial recognition technology is pretty impressive these days. Quite scary how it could be used in the coming years.
 
I think the gov wants a central ID system. It looks like Yoti and social media is now the beginning steps.

Lets see what happens with this over the next year.

I'm playing with Yoti to see what it's all about. It appears to me it's an app for full on verification and now a valid way to identify yourself.
 
I've just found something in the Yoti app that states the following. It looks like the app itself does store a photo but I'm not sure IF Instagram does while checking it via AI. Guess someone would need to read the small print when it comes.

Internal Research
When we take a face scan, we also store a seperate photo as part of research to improve our technology. We do this to help ensure yoti products are always safe to use. You can opt out by going to More > My Data > Consent.
 
GaryTheSnail said:
I've just found something in the Yoti app that states the following. It looks like the app itself does store a photo but I'm not sure IF Instagram does while checking it via AI. Guess someone would need to read the small print when it comes.

Internal Research
When we take a face scan, we also store a seperate photo as part of research to improve our technology. We do this to help ensure yoti products are always safe to use. You can opt out by going to More > My Data > Consent.
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Called it!
 
dLockers said:
Why do humans still think humans (who would need to be in an economic scenario where determining whether folks are under 13 by looking at them is a job) would be more effective than a computer in 99% of cases?
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I totally understand that AI is better than us at many things, but guessing someone's age based on a video/picture of their face, when there is no definiable quality or features that could differentiate an 18 year old from a 19 year old? I don't buy it. Everyone develops and matures at different rates/times so it would logically be impossible for either a human or AI to guess someone's age within the year with perfect accuracy, based on a picture or video.
 
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Holy crap I never knew this. Your passport contains a chip with your details and your photo stored in it! I thought it was just paper.

I've signed up to this yoti so I can find more info about it and it asked me to place my phone on my passport, closed, and it read the data inside the chip.

Yeh.... this is a gov thing for sure!
 
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Jono8 said:
I totally understand that AI is better than us at many things, but guessing someone's age based on a video/picture of their face, when there is no definiable quality or features that could differentiate an 18 year old from a 19 year old? I don't buy it. Everyone develops and matures at different rates/times so it would logically be impossible for either a human or AI to guess someone's age within the year with perfect accuracy, based on a picture or video.
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I'm not sure it cares about an 18 year old with a 19 year old, but it reckons it can reasonably (within a 1 year tolerance) spot whether someone is clearly over 18 or under 13.
 
dLockers said:
I'm not sure it cares about an 18 year old with a 19 year old, but it reckons it can reasonably (within a 1 year tolerance) spot whether someone is clearly over 18 or under 13.
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I agree that this sounds feasible. I can't see how it could ever be accurate when it came to proper age verification (ie when it needs to guess if someone is 17 or 18 - would be impossible).
 
Jono8 said:
I agree that this sounds feasible. I can't see how it could ever be accurate when it came to proper age verification (ie when it needs to guess if someone is 17 or 18 - would be impossible).
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Impossible (to a degree of accuracy) but hardly the end of the world if a few 18 y/o's get binned or a few 17 y/os slip through. It is just a risk based approach that mitigates hiring equally unqualified humans.
 
GaryTheSnail said:
Holy crap I never knew this. Your passport contains a chip with your details and your photo stored in it! I thought it was just paper.

I've signed up to this yoti so I can find more info about it and it asked me to place my phone on my passport, closed, and it read the data inside the chip.

Yeh.... this is a gov thing for sure!
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Digital passports have been a thing for years!
 
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