Smile to Pay with Your Face at KFC China

3,197 views · Published 7 September 2017 · 4:05 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: NerdAlert · 2017 · Science & Technology

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You can pay with your smile, thanks to facial recognition software at KFC in China. Would you want to smile to pay any where else? Just fried chicken? Kim and Brett break it down!

"Alibaba’s Ant Financial affiliate launched the ‘smile to pay’ service in Hangzhou, the location of the company’s global HQ, where it is being trialled with KFC."*

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*Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/03/alibaba-debuts-smile-to-pay/

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