Eyeing Those Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses? Don’t Ignore Updated Privacy Policy
When specific AI functions are activated, Meta’s AI will examine images and videos captured with the glasses.
If you’ve set your eyes on those soon-to-be-launched Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in India, give your privacy a double check too. Meta reportedly now has more control over what data it can save and use to train its artificial intelligence models after it updated its privacy statement for the Ray-Ban Meta eyewear.
Meta is purportedly going to remove users’ ability to turn off data collecting and start storing voice recordings by default. According to The Verge, the company sent out an email informing customers of this change to the privacy policy. Notably, users had the option to opt out of having their voice conversations with Meta AI recorded in the past.
The company reportedly notified Ray-Ban Meta owners that when specific AI functions are activated, Meta’s AI will examine images and videos captured with the glasses. Without giving consumers a way to opt out, Meta will also keep voice recordings of its customers in order to enhance its future offerings.
However, the recordings will be triggered only when users say “Hey Meta” and not continuously stored by Ray-Ban Meta glasses, the company said.
“Meta AI with camera use is always enabled on your glasses unless you turn off ‘Hey Meta,’” the company wrote in its email. “Recordings of your voice are stored by default when using Meta AI and may be used to improve AI at Meta and other Meta products. The option to disable voice recordings storage is no longer available, but you can delete recordings anytime in Settings,” it said.
Voice recordings and transcripts may be kept for “up to one year to help improve Meta’s products,” according to the company’s privacy notice on voice services for wearable devices. Also, users will need to manually remove every recording from the Ray-Ban Meta companion app if they do not want Meta to train its AI basis the recordings.
The updated privacy settings come on the heels of news that Meta is getting ready to introduce the AI-powered glasses in India. While there is no official launch timeline, Ray-Ban Meta glasses could arrive in India over the next few months.
