A photo shared on Reddit showed one of the vending machines with an error code suggesting it used facial-recognition tech.
  • The University of Waterloo is expected to remove smart vending machines from its campus.
  • A student discovered an error code that suggested the machines used facial-recognition technology.
  • Vending Services said the technology didn’t take or store customers’ photos.
  • @[email protected]
    5•9 months ago

    So facial recognition in this case means that it can recognize that a face exists? No particular details but just a face? That’s a lot less egregious than I assumed from the headline. With all the AI stuff going on these days, I assumed it was some kind of data mining operation

    • @WindyRebel
      2•9 months ago

      But then, why? Is there a problem with birds and dogs making purchases at these machines that they need to identify a face?

    • brianorca
      0•9 months ago

      It does also estimate age and gender, so there’s some potential for data mining. But not much.