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Watch Out, Meta. I Tried Alibaba's Qwen Smart Glasses and They're Mega Impressive
- Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs‑Posten report that contractors in Nairobi reviewed footage from Ray‑Ban Meta smart glasses, including private moments like people undressing and using the bathroom.
- Since April 2025, Meta's cloud storage policy stores recordings by default, and Meta's Terms of Service allow review of content shared with the Meta AI assistant, contractors said.
- Workers said anonymization does not always work, and contractors described seeing bank card details, filmed sex scenes, and footage captured after wearers set glasses down.
- The class‑action plaintiffs allege Meta's inadequate guardrails, and the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office has written to Meta seeking compliance information.
- Industry observers point to on‑device AI as a privacy option that could undercut Meta's cloud‑first approach, amid over seven million Ray‑Ban Meta units sold in 2025.
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AI assistants are trained with the videos of the smart Ray-Bans. The material is seen by digital workers in East Africa. The protection mechanisms fail
·Vienna, Austria
Read Full ArticleMeta’s AI smart glasses under scrutiny after investigation reveals sensitive content
Contract workers reviewing videos for data annotation reportedly encountered highly sensitive material, including bank information, nudity, sexual encounters, pornography, and even footage of people using the toilet, said a Swedish news investigation. The UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has written to Meta requesting information to ensure that its practices comply with the country's data protection laws.
·India
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