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Instagram to begin using AI to spot teens posing as adults

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April 22, 2025

Instagram is beginning to test the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to determine if kids are lying about their ages on the app, parent company Meta Platforms said on Monday.

- AP

Meta has been using AI to determine people's ages for some time, the company said, but the 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.

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