Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones. Code ...

Meta has been quietly embedding facial recognition code in its smart glasses companion app since January 2026. The system, called NameTag, uses three AI models to identify people and is already on ...

Only a day after a dormant bit of code that seemed to be a facial recognition algorithm was discovered in a companion app for its smart glasses, Meta released an update which removed that code, Wired ...

A flaw in Hugging Face Transformers could allow malicious AI models to execute code, exposing credentials and highlighting AI supply chain risks.

The Meta AI application has revealed indications of potential facial recognition development for Meta Platforms Ray-Ban smart glasses, reigniting concerns over data privacy and personal information ...

Meta has reportedly embedded unreleased face-recognition code for its smart glasses inside the Meta AI app. The feature, internally called NameTag, does not appear to be enabled yet. Meta says it is ...

An investigative report reveals that Meta licensed face recognition from Rank One, a Pentagon contractor, and built a system ...

Meta stripped NameTag facial recognition code from its AI app one day after WIRED exposed it on 50 million phones. Meta says no decision has been made. Meta removed nearly all traces of an unreleased ...

Your Meta AI app was secretly carrying facial recognition code designed to identify strangers through smart glasses. WIRED’s investigation found that Meta had embedded substantial portions of an ...

A WIRED investigation claims Meta quietly embedded facial recognition technology into its smart glasses ecosystem, reviving privacy concerns around biometric surveillance and wearable AI. The Latest ...