Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

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    10 months ago

    Article says “the machines are capable of sending estimated ages and genders” so it’s not recognizing individuals, but perhaps adjusting the sales pitch for who it sees walking by.

    (But it’s a collage campus, so most students will be around the same age. Maybe it pitches different things to teachers?)