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using artificial intelligence to verify a buyer’s age

current year - birth year = buyer’s age

We really need to bring LLMs into this?

I thought that it was weird too but they are probably using some kind of machine learning to look at the buying to try and classify age and if the image on the ID matches.
You have to do facial recognition with a cheap webcam. Apparently using AI is still so cost-prohibitive, they already had to pull one of these machines. dallasnews.com/…/chips-chocolate-and-ammunition-a…
Ammunition vending machines launched by Dallas-area company

American Rounds said their machines use an identification scanner and facial recognition software to verify the purchaser’s age and are as “quick and easy” to...

The Dallas Morning News
I like citations and context, thank you.