We reported earlier this year on Meta's plans to roll out a facial recognition feature in its smart glasses and the company said it was "still thinking through options." Now Wired discovers that the code to do it is already in Meta's AI app: www.wired.com/story/meta-s...
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Kashmir Hill
Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
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Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones wired.com
The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes nytimes.com
Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits nytimes.com
Florida Sues OpenAI Over Chatbot Safety Concerns nytimes.com
Tech Workers Maxed Out Their A.I. Use. Now They’re Trying to Minimize It. nytimes.com
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Articles & links
Great profile of Hany Farid who recently left Bay Area for Vermont: "I can’t stand this place anymore... These major tech giants will burn everything to the ground as long as they’re making a profit.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...
On AI legal slop: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/u...
Florida is the first state to sue OpenAI over safety concerns, claiming that the company failed to warn the public about the dangers of ChatGPT. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/t...
It's not just you. The tech companies don't know how they should be using A.I. either. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/t...
Incredible first person reporting by @stuartathompson.bsky.social on how he sold his house using AI assistance instead of a realtor: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/t...
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Recent commentary
OpenAI's ill-fated Sora allowed people to make AI-generated videos with other people's likenesses, but those people had to opt in to letting their likenesses being used. Meta is taking a different path, reports @thiccreese.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
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