Artificial intelligence helps to verify age of Internet users

In the digital space, children and teens have easy access to age-restricted content. As a result, for example, boys aged 12-17 are the largest consumers of online pornography, 11-year-old children already have gambling problems, and age verification is easy to circumvent on most websites. Thanks to artificial intelligence, however, age verification can be completely effective – the solutions already use face analysis, a scan of a document confirming identity, or credit cards. In the future, age can also be checked using behavioral analyzes.

"We have developed a tool to prevent minors from accessing sites that are not allowed for their age, such as tobacco, alcohol, pornographic or gambling sites. We offer a solution suitable for these areas," Dr. Photis Kostamis, Development Manager AGEify's business, said.

Scanning an official document such as a passport, ID card, or driving license, combined with face analysis, can check the age of an internet user, as can a small credit card transaction. If despite these solutions, there are still doubts about the age of the person, video call is used.

"We have taken all security measures to ensure that no one will be able to bypass our solution. If someone does not confirm or verify their age, they will not be able to proceed. Our team of developers and specialists investigated all possible cases to rule out a possible workaround," Kostamis added.

National and international regulations oblige companies that offer certain products and services to effectively verify the age of their customers. Technological and social changes require stronger age verification mechanisms.

Importantly, AGEify can also be used in a brick-and-mortar store to allow customers to prove their age without having to show an ID card or passport. The solution easily integrates with existing systems, so that the age confirmation code can be automatically printed on the customer's receipt so that no one questions the age control process in a given store.

(Newseria)