Meta Quietly Removes Face-Recognition Code From Its Smart Glasses App

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

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 ...

Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US

The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments over the arrest of a Fort Myers man in a child-abduction case, saying ...

Meta denied face scanning tech on AI smartglasses, and then silently wiped the evidence

Dormant face-recognition code reportedly appeared in Meta’s smart glasses app, then disappeared after scrutiny. That has put Meta’s AI eyewear plans back under the privacy spotlight.

Florida man blames wrongful arrest on "error-prone" AI facial recognition

The wrongful arrest is just one of over a dozen in recent years linked to facial recognition technology.

Facial recognition tech discovered in Meta smart glasses app years after 2021 shutdown

Meta is facing fresh privacy questions after a report revealed that its smart glasses companion app contains dormant facial ...
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Meta pulled facial recognition code from its smart glasses app one day after WIRED found it, then denied the timing was related

Meta removed NameTag facial recognition code from its AI app after WIRED found biometric software on 50 million phones that Meta said "does not exist." ...

The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes

His instinct was to be skeptical. He was nearly certain the video was another fake. He chewed on his pencil and watched it ...