Meta reportedly declined to clarify whether videos captured by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses will remain private

Meta is reportedly silent on whether it is collecting video and image data from its artificial intelligence (AI) wearable device Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to train its large language models (LLM). The company announced a new real-time video feature for the device, using which users can answer questions from AI and ask for suggestions based on their surroundings. However, there is no clarity on what will happen to this data after the AI ​​answers the query.

The feature in question is real-time video capability that allows Meta AI to “see” the users’ surroundings and process that visual information to answer any questions the user may have. For example, a user can ask it to identify a famous landmark, ask to be shown a cupboard and ask for wardrobe suggestions, or even recipes based on the ingredients in the refrigerator. I can also ask.

However, each of these functionalities requires the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses to take passive videos and pictures of the surroundings to understand the context. Under normal circumstances, once a response is generated and the user ends the interaction, the data should be left in the private server if not immediately deleted. This is because a lot of the data may contain private information about the user’s home and other belongings.

But the meta is reportedly not telling this. When asked whether the company was storing this data and training native AI models on it, a Meta spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company is not discussing the matter publicly. Another spokesperson reportedly highlighted that this information is not being shared externally and added that “we are not implying in any way.”

The company’s refusal to clearly explain what happens with user data is concerning given the private and potentially sensitive nature of the data that can be captured by smart glasses. While Meta has already confirmed to train its AI models on public user data of its US-based users on Facebook and Instagram, the data for the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses is not public.

Gadgets 360 has contacted Meta for comment. We will update the story once we get a statement from the company.