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Lyft Opens Rides to Teens Amid Tech & AI Boom

Discord announced a global age verification system requiring users to submit face scans or ID to access adult content, a move aimed at protecting younger users but one that experts predict could face implementation challenges. The initiative, set to begin in early March, will place users in a "teen-appropriate experience" by default, according to multiple news reports.

The new verification process will impact Discord's over 200 million users, as reported by various sources. The platform's goal is to create a safer online environment, particularly for teenagers. Verified adults will retain access to age-restricted content.

While the move has been praised for prioritizing safety, experts suggest the implementation could be complex, potentially affecting user numbers. The specifics of the verification process, including how user data will be handled and the accuracy of the age verification, remain key areas of concern.

In other technology news, a pure Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime model, called Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime (Rust), was released. This allows for streaming speech recognition natively and in the browser. The Q4 GGUF quantized path (2.5 GB) runs entirely client-side in a browser tab via WASM WebGPU, according to Hacker News.

The week also saw other developments. Lyft announced it was opening rides to teens, while the music discovery app Musicboard faced significant technical issues. Additionally, concerns about AI-driven fraud in research were rising, and Offpunk 3.0, an offline-first command-line browser, was released.

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