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Meta removes dormant facial recognition code from smart glasses app

By PulseAugur Editorial · [4 sources] ·

Meta has removed facial recognition code from its Meta AI app, which supports its smart glasses, following a WIRED report. The company had embedded unreleased software, internally known as NameTag, designed to identify faces captured by the glasses and compare them against a database. Despite Meta's initial claims that the feature did not exist, the code was present in millions of devices before being stripped out in a subsequent update. AI

IMPACT Meta's swift removal of dormant facial recognition code highlights ongoing privacy concerns with AI in wearable devices.

RANK_REASON Company removes a feature after it is reported on by the press.

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Meta removes dormant facial recognition code from smart glasses app

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  1. Wired — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron ·

    Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

    The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.

  2. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Max Miller) ·

    Meta quietly removes face-recognition code from its smart glasses app

    The 'disappearing into the bushes like Homer Simpson' strategy is a bold choice.

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Meta has removed a facial recognition system from its Ray-Ban smart glasses after a privacy backlash. The company rolled out the feature without announcement, t

    Meta has removed a facial recognition system from its Ray-Ban smart glasses after a privacy backlash. The company rolled out the feature without announcement, then expressed frustration when researchers discovered it. The removal comes amid growing concerns about AI-powered surve…

    LINKS gizmodo.com/meta-removes-face-recognition…
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Meta quietly removes face-recognition code from its smart glasses app https://www.engadget.com/2190115/meta-quietly-removes-face-recognition-code-from-its-smart

    Meta quietly removes face-recognition code from its smart glasses app https://www.engadget.com/2190115/meta-quietly-removes-face-recognition-code-from-its-smart-glasses-app/ # Tech # Privacy # AI

    LINKS engadget.com/…/meta-quietly-removes-face-…

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