College installs facial recognition to make sure students don't get friends to sign in for them
Time to start hauling ass to class.
One university in China is using facial recognition technology to keep track of students' attendance.
According to news outlet the China Daily, more than 300 students in the Communications University of China now have to stand in front of a tablet, which will match their likeness with records in the university's database.
That means no more getting your friend to sign the attendance sheet for you. Not unless your friend also happens to be your twin.
The technology was developed by Professor Shen Hao of the university, using Chinese Internet giant Baidu's open AI platform.
The facial recognition system is currently being rolled out across six of Prof Shen's classes.
"The new system saves time and reduces the workload of students," Prof Shen told the Beijing News. "Out of one hundred students, it usually only fails to recognise one student."
But obviously, not everyone is a fan.
"Thank goodness this wasn't implemented when I was a student," said one user on Chinese social media website Weibo.
"Guess who everyone hates now? The guy who thought of this idea," another commented.
"How am I going to skip classes now..." one added.
It's only a matter of time before this comes to your school, folks.
Topics Facial Recognition
Yvette is a Viral Content Reporter at Mashable Asia. She was previously reporting for BBC's Singapore bureau and Channel NewsAsia.
