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Fraser Lewry

A brewery in New Zealand has invented a vending machine that dispenses free beer to good guitarists

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A brewery in New Zealand have invented a machine that dispenses free beer to guitarists – but only if it thinks they're good enough.

Panhead Custom Ales, a company based in NZ's capital city of Wellington, have created the device – called 'Slay to Pay' – which uses AI fingerprinting to rate guitarists' shedding ability in real time. And if it deems a musician's skill level to be appropriate, it'll dispense the booze. 

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