German youth body endorses 3 AI systems for biometric age verification of minors
Germany’s Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media has endorsed three AI systems for biometric age verification to prevent minors from accessing inappropriate content. These systems, utilizing machine learning, aim to verify age based on biometric characteristics.
Germany’s Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media has endorsed three systems that verify peoples’ age with AI technology to prevent minors from being exposed to harmful content. The commission is Germany’s central supervisory body for the protection of minors on private nationwide television and the internet
The AI systems endorsed are trained by machine learning to assess a person’s age based on biometric characteristics.
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