We could sense it, but for the moment, there was no official confirmation. Could it be possible that Meta is training its own artificial intelligence with the photos and videos users take with their Ray-Ban Meta? The answer seems to be a yes, but with nuances.
Basically, any image you share with Meta AI could be used to train its AI. In an email to TechCrunch, Meta’s policy communications manager, Emil Vázquez, wrote that “in places where multimodal AI is available (currently the United States and Canada), the images and videos shared with Meta AI could be used to improve it.”
A company spokesperson also clarified to the media that the photos and videos captured with the Ray-Ban Meta are not used to train the AI directly. Of course, this changes completely when using Meta AI with them. If, for example, we ask Meta AI to analyze any of our captures, the policies change: now, the company would have free rein to use your content to train its AI.
This is a concerning situation. At first glance, users of Ray-Ban Meta may not understand that by using Meta AI, they are handing over their data on a silver platter without being aware of it. For Meta, this is not the case.
The company spokespersons clarify that this is more than clear in the user interface of the glasses. Meta had already made it public that the public content hosted on Facebook and Instagram was used to train its Llama models. A situation that is already concerning is worsened by confirming that anything the user analyzes through their glasses with Meta AI can be used without their explicit permission.
