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Meta Removes Face-Recognition Code from Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
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Why It Matters
This development underscores Meta's cautious approach to integrating sensitive technologies like facial recognition into consumer products amidst privacy concerns and public scrutiny, potentially influencing product roadmaps and regulatory discussions.
Key Intelligence
- ■Meta has deleted code for a face-recognition system from its Meta AI smart glasses companion app.
- ■The removal follows a report by WIRED that identified the presence of such code.
- ■Meta has not offered an explanation for the removal or indicated whether the feature will be reinstated.