4 outlets·4 reports
Analysis: Meta discreetly added code for an unreleased "NameTag" face-recognition system for its AI glasses over multiple updates to the Meta AI app this year (Wired)
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Meta has quietly incorporated a facial-recognition feature, dubbed “NameTag,” into its Meta AI app through a series of updates released this year. The code, intended for use with Meta’s upcoming smart-glasses, was discovered embedded in the app despite the feature not being publicly announced or released.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Wired·Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
- Hacker News·Meta's ships facial recognition on smart glasses
- Engadget·Wired found code for an unreleased facial recognition feature in Meta's AI app
- TechMeme·Analysis: Meta discreetly added code for an unreleased "NameTag" face-recognition system for its AI glasses over multiple updates to the Meta AI app this year (Wired)
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