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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…

Meta isn’t happy about the framing of the report. [Link: Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones |…

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

Meta has reportedly embedded hidden facial-recognition code, dubbed NameTag, within its Meta AI app for Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, according to a WIRED investigation.

Facial recognition software can identify people you look at, but it’s yet to be activated

Plus: Hackers use Meta’s AI bots to hack Instagram accounts, Anthropic helps NSA hackers, a decades-long GPS satellite mystery may have been solved, and more.

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.