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 Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s ...

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 ...

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.

Meta’s smart glasses face-recognition plans may be further along than you realize

A new report suggests that Meta has placed unreleased face-recognition code for smart glasses in an app downloaded by ...

Wired Found Code For An Unreleased Facial Recognition Feature In Meta's AI App

Meta was previously reported to be exploring facial recognition for its smart glasses.
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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." ...

Meta quietly added facial recognition code for smart glasses to its app, says it's just exploring

The company says it's not building a central face database.