If you thought your credit score was invasive, just wait until companies are judging you based on your mug alone. A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, flagged by The Economist, sought to answer the question: can AI detect trustworthy people just by analyzing their facial characteristics? The research built on some other ethically dubious scholarship, which posits that personality traits can be sussed out just based on a person’s facial features. The implication, they say, is that machine learning techniques can find correlations between facial characteristics and real-world success. In the US, some states are using AI software to verify drivers licenses, with disastrous results for those living with facial differences.