Meta says it trains its AI to look for signals, such as the type of content the account interacts, profile information and when the account was created, to determine the owner's age. — AFP
Instagram is beginning to test the use of artificial intelligence to determine if kids are lying about their ages on the app, parent company Meta Platforms said on April 21.
Meta has been using AI to determine people's ages for some time, the company said, but photo and video-sharing app will now "proactively” look for teen accounts it suspects belong to teenagers even if they entered an inaccurate birthdate when they signed up.
