Meta CTO details unreleased facial recognition glasses feature after s

Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth has described details of the company's unreleased facial recognition feature for smart glasses, named NameTag. The admission directly contradicts earlier statements by Meta spokesperson Andy Stone, who had publicly claimed the feature "doesn't exist" and dismissed a June investigation by Wired as clickbait.

Bosworth explained that NameTag is designed to solve the "cocktail party problem" by helping wearers remember the names of people they have met. He emphasized that NameTag encrypts biometric faceprint data locally on the device and does not rely on a centralized database. The code for the feature is already present in Meta's AI application.

Privacy advocates and independent experts have raised concerns about the quiet integration of facial recognition technology in consumer smart glasses. Critics point to Meta's past privacy violations as a reason for skepticism regarding the feature's on-device safety claims and the initial corporate denials.