Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted
Meta aims to introduce facial recognition to its smart glasses while its biggest critics are distracted, according to a report from The New York Times. In an internal document reviewed by The Times, Meta says it will launch the feature "during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns."
The document is from last May and reportedly describes the new "Name Tag" feature that would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people using Meta's built-in AI assistant. The New York Times reports that Meta initially planned to launch the featur …