The How-Old.net meme originated from a Microsoft web tool launched in 2015 at the Build conference, designed to showcase the company's facial recognition technology. While intended to demonstrate AI capabilities, the site went viral for its frequent and comical inaccuracies, often guessing children were elderly or mistakenly identifying inanimate objects as human beings. Users began sharing screenshots of the iconic yellow age boxes over celebrities, historical figures, and fictional characters to mock the technology's limitations. Today, the meme template remains a popular way to poke fun at aging, bad lighting, or the 'robotic' nature of artificial intelligence.