Meta Wants Glasses That Recognize Faces—But What About Consent?

When the privacy concerns continue to grow deadly in the age of social media, Meta reportedly wants to take things to a whole new level. According to a report, Meta recently discussed adding a new feature that would allow users of its smart AI glasses to recognize people around them using facial recognition technology, or meaning scanning their faces.

Meta previously considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses, but ultimately bailed

The information reports that the social media giant has previously considered adding facial recognition technology to its smart glasses, but ultimately bailed on the technology for its first version of smart glasses. However, now the company is actively developing wearables that can easily identify nearby people by their names. 

It recently discussed adding AI software to its smart glasses that can scan bystanders’ faces and identify their names. The report claims that its functionality is based on the Live AI feature offered by the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. Meta internally refers to this tech as “super sensing”, according to the source.

Furthermore, Meta has also reportedly considered adding the facial recognition technology to future AI-powered earbuds with built-in cameras. Meta is reportedly calling these devices “Camerabuds”, because the earbuds or headphones would offer two front-facing cameras. They would be able to detect the user’s surroundings and offer real-time AI capabilities.

Meta’s AI glasses might not reveal when they are using facial recognition tech

It’s worth noting that users of a pair of Meta’s glasses could opt in to use the feature. However, the nearby people won’t be able to opt out of it. The publication also claims that the company considered disabling the camera usage signaler on the glasses while users employ this functionality. Current Ray-Ban Meta glasses switch on an LED while recording.

Apart from working again on facial recognition, Meta has updated its privacy policies in April. Now, the terms state that its current smart glasses will activate artificial intelligence by default. To opt out of it, you have to deactivate the “Hey Meta!” trigger face. Furthermore, the users now can’t opt out of allowing Meta to store and train on their voice recordings.

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