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The site, [how-old.net](http://how-old.net/#), takes data from an uploaded image to determine the subject’s age and gender. According to Microsoft’s [Machine Learning blog,](http://blogs.technet.com/b/machinelearning/archive/2015/04/29/fun-with-ml-stream-analytics-and-powerbi-observing-virality-in-real-time.aspx) the project started as a simple experiment among Microsoft engineers. They were “playing around” with new face detection software and decided to ask a couple hundred people to try it out and tell them what they thought. Within hours, the experiment had reached 30,000 people curious about whether a simple Internet site could accurately read their face. Using existing Microsoft APIs, or application program interfaces, the engineers combined a program that detects information about faces in a photograph with tools that embed search results and location data. Don’t sweat it if the site gets your age wrong—different pictures elicit different results, so you can always try again. ### See How Presidents Age in the White House, According to Microsoft  Barack Obama in January, 2009\. Real age: 47 Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  Barack Obama in April, 2015\. Real age: 53 Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP  George W. Bush in April 2001\. Real age: 54 Antonio Scorza—AFP/Getty Images  George W. Bush in May, 2008\. Real age: 61 Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  Bill Clinton in January, 1993\. Real age: 46 White House/AFP/Getty Images  Bill Clinton in January, 2001\. Real age: 54 Paul J. Richards—AFP/Getty Images  George Bush, Sr. in January, 1989\. Real age: 64 Cynthia Johnson—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  George Bush, Sr. in December, 1992\. Real age: 68 Renaud Giroux—AFP/Getty Images  Ronald Reagan in January, 1981\. Real age: 70 Harry Langdon—Getty Images  Ronald Reagan in February, 1989\. 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