Two California gay bars became mired in controversy for using artificial intelligence technology to identify patrons for security purposes.

Badlands and Toad Hall, both in San Francisco, had used the PatronScan facial recognition technology that verifies customer IDs and ages to flag problem patrons, Yahoo! News reported.

Following a report in June by the Gazetteer SF that the bars were using PatronScan’s Guard+, locals boycotted the establishments for invasion of privacy.

In response, Badlands and Toad Hall suspended the use of the ID scanner and went back to checking patrons’ identification manually by their security personnel.

Meanwhile, a couple in Fujian, China, was about to divorce after 40 years of marriage.

The husband, with the surname Li, said that his wife, surnamed Chen, was vandalizing their home by writing curse words on the walls and damaging the door with an axe, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.

Her behavior prompted Li to install surveillance cameras inside the house to keep an eye on her. Chen, on the other hand, argued that her unreasonable actions stemmed from Li’s emotional distance, which drove her to madness, according to SCMP.

She also complained that they had shared expenses since getting married but now prepared their meals separately since last year after she had a stroke, SCMP reports.

Li justified dividing expenses since they both had income, while her stroke doctor had restricted her diet.

Chen and Li sought assistance from a local mediation TV show to save their marriage.

Ultimately, Li expressed willingness to attempt to repair their fractured relationship, but he refused to remove the home surveillance cameras.