Meta Users: Glasses Recorded Intimate Images

Meta's camera-equipped glasses are drawing scrutiny again, this time in the form of two proposed class-action lawsuits that accuse the company of quietly turning users' private moments into AI training material. More than 70 people say the smart glasses recorded them and their families in bathrooms and bedrooms—sometimes while having sex—and while entering passwords, etc., reports the Los Angeles Times. Users say they were sometimes unaware the devices were recording, according to the legal action, which says the images were sent to contractors in Kenya who train the company's AI systems.

The suits, filed in federal courts in California and Illinois, allege fraud, deceptive marketing, and unlawful collection of biometric data. Meta disputes the claims, saying it filters identifying details and uses data like many other tech firms. The litigation also targets Meta's still-unreleased "NameTag" facial-recognition concept, which civil-liberties groups call a major privacy risk, per Wired. The company, meanwhile, plans to unveil a new line of wearables next week.