Meta removes unreleased face-recognition feature from smart glasses after media report
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AJ Dellinger
Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
Meta quietly added and then removed a face-recognition feature called "NameTag" from its smart glasses' codebase after Wired reported on it. The system, which was never active for users, would have used AI to identify people through the glasses. Meta publicly criticized Wired for reporting on the unreleased feature, arguing it was irresponsible to cover a system that wasn't deployed, while critics see this as Meta being upset about being caught developing potentially privacy-invasive technology.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledMeta has quietly removed that system from its codebase.
The only part that hasn't been quiet is Meta's very public tantrum about the whole thing.
The system, which was not active or available for anyone to use, was reportedly designed to use AI to identify people.
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