Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

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

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.

Meta stripped NameTag facial recognition code from its AI app one day after WIRED exposed it on 50 million phones. Meta says no decision has been made. Meta removed nearly all traces of an unreleased ...

Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Meta was developing software for its smart glasses to identify people, ...

Code to power facial recognition has been found in the Meta AI app This would allow Meta's smart glasses to identify people's faces The feature isn't live yet, and Meta claims it may never be, but ...

A view of a cellphone with which Colombia's presidential candidate Paloma Valencia, of the Centro Democratico party, takes a selfie during a campaign rally in Villavicencio, Meta department, Colombia ...

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

Meta has reportedly embedded unreleased face-recognition code for its smart glasses inside the Meta AI app. The feature, internally called NameTag, does not appear to be enabled yet. Meta says it is ...