Description: Meta AI smart glasses reportedly captured intimate images and video through their visual query feature, including material allegedly recorded when users did not intend to activate the camera. According to a Swedish investigation, some of this content was later viewed by subcontracted human reviewers in Kenya, exposing highly private moments from users' homes and daily lives.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Meta and Meta AI developed an AI system deployed by Meta , Meta AI and Sama, which harmed Meta AI smart glasses users , People recorded by Meta AI smart glasses , Users of Meta Ray-Ban glasses and Users of Meta smart glasses in Sweden.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Meta AI , Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses , Meta AI visual query feature , Live AI and Human review system
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1418
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2026-02-27
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta's new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people's lives.
The advertisement is everywhere…
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Subcontractors see intimate Meta AI visual queries from the company's smart glasses, sometimes accidentally triggered, a report from two Swedish newspapers revealed.
Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten's joint report has led to widesprea…
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