International. A subway operator in Shenzhen, China, is testing facial recognition software to pay for admission.
At Futian Station, instead of presenting a ticket or scanning a QR barcode on their smartphones, passengers can scan their faces on a tablet-sized screen mounted on the front door and have the fare automatically deducted from their linked accounts, according to a report.
The report notes that the facial recognition ticketing service is currently in test mode, but could help improve efficiency in handling up to 5 million trips per day on the city's metro network.
The 5G-backed AI technologies were developed by an innovation lab backed by the metro operator and Huawei Technologies, according to Shenzhen Metro.
Consumers can already pay for fried chicken at KFC in China with its "Smile to Pay" facial recognition system, which was first introduced at a store in Hangzhou in January 2017.
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