Meta confirms it may train its AI on any image you ask Ray-Ban Meta AI to analyze
Meta may use Ray-Ban images for AI training without explicit user consent.
Meta has confirmed that images shared via Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can be used to train its AI, according to Emil Vazquez. This means that any image analyzed by Meta AI becomes part of a massive data pool to develop more advanced AI models, raising significant privacy concerns.
Users of these smart glasses may inadvertently provide Meta with images inside their homes or of personal nature, stored and analyzed by the AI. Although Meta claims this is clearly stated in the user interface, the implications might not be obvious to all users. The new AI features can inadvertently encourage users to share more data.
The legal issues aren't new for Meta, as recent settlements over facial recognition software demonstrate. Users have some control over voice recordings with an opt-out option, but submitted images fall under different terms. These developments highlight growing privacy concerns linked with wearable tech like smart glasses, a trend seen since Google Glass.