Meta offers opt-out for AI training on smart glasses visual data
The company will stop using camera footage from Ray-Ban glasses for model training if users decline, addressing privacy concerns over contractor access.
What to know
- Meta users can now opt out of having visual data from smart glasses used for AI model training or shared with overseas contractors.
- The setting does not cover audio data, which remains subject to training and review, though users can manually delete those recordings.
- The move addresses privacy backlash over contractors viewing intimate images during labeling work and at least one proposed class-action lawsuit.
- Meta simultaneously released camera-free Ray-Ban glasses as another privacy-focused option.
“Even worse, those recordings are sometimes sent to third-party contractors in other countries who 'review' and label the images for AI training. At least some of those contractors have reported seeing some pretty personal and intimate images of people while doing this work, according to a report earlier this year.”
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Meta introduces opt-out for visual data in AI training — Meta announced a new privacy setting allowing users to opt out of having their smart glasses' camera-based interactions with Meta AI used for model training. Images will also no longer be sent to third-party contractors in other countries for review.