Google will soon apply machine learning to estimate the age of its users. IN Update on WednesdayGoogle said that he was testing a machine learning model in the US to assist determine if someone is less than 18 years senior, which allows “to provide more suitable for the age of experience” on its platforms.
YouTube CEO, Neal Mohan, for the first time revealed a change in an annual letter published on Tuesday. The age estimation model will apply existing data about users, including sites that visit, what movies they are watching on YouTube and how long they have an account to determine their age. When he detects that the user may be under 18, Google will inform him that this has changed some of their settings and will offer information on how users can verify their age using a selfie, credit card or government identifier.
Google will apply existing safety functions on juvenile accounts, including a Safesearch filter, which helps to remove open content from search results. It will also limit the content on YouTube, which may not be suitable for users under 18 years of age. Google plans to introduce his age estimation technology to “more countries in time”.
“We will continue to examine the additional possibilities of providing increased transparency to users about estimating age at the account level,” said Google spokesman Matt Bryant The Verge.
Next week, Google will allow parents Limit calls and notifications about messages on the phone and tablet of the child at school, which he announced for the first time last year. Starting from next month, parents will be able to add contacts to the child’s phone via the Family Link application, limiting telephone calls and SMS -only to these numbers. In addition, Google claims that he will soon allow parents to add and manage payment cards in the child’s Google portfolio.