{"id":10703,"date":"2026-05-03T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/meta-response-naked-footage-smart-glasses\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:30:00","slug":"meta-response-naked-footage-smart-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/meta-response-naked-footage-smart-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Had the Worst Possible Response When Its Workers Were Watching Naked Footage of Its Ray-Ban AI Glasses Users"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In February, Meta contractors in Kenya told Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet <\/em>and G\u00f6teborgs-Posten <\/em>that the company required them to review disturbing and sensitive footage<\/a> captured by its Ray-Ban AI glasses.<\/p>\n

Some reported seeing wearers naked or using the toilet. Another saw a man\u2019s wife undressing in their bedroom, after he left the glasses on a table, the joint investigation found<\/a>. Other footage they reviewed included entire \u201csex scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou understand that it is someone\u2019s private life you are looking at, but at the same time you are just expected to carry out the work,\u201d one employee told the Swedish newspapers. \u201cYou are not supposed to question it. If you start asking questions, you are gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems their hunch was correct.<\/p>\n

Two months after the worker\u2019s allegations were published in the newspapers, Meta responded in highly questionable fashion. It terminated its entire contract with the Kenyan company, Sama, the BBC <\/em>reports<\/a> \u2014 a decision that a Kenyan worker\u2019s organization alleges was in retaliation to the workers speaking out.<\/p>\n

Meta didn\u2019t address that allegation, but told the BBC <\/em>that it \u201cdecided to end our work with Sama because they don\u2019t meet our standards,\u201d while stressing that it took the worker\u2019s claims \u201cseriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPhotos and videos are private to users,\u201d a spokesperson said. \u201cHumans review AI content to improve product performance, for which we get clear user consent.\u201d<\/p>\n

For its part, Sama defended its workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSama has consistently met the operational, security and quality standards required across our client engagements, including with Meta,\u201d it said in a statement. \u201cAt no point were we notified of any failure to meet those standards, and we stand firmly behind the quality and integrity of our work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The allegations shine a light on the dark underbelly of the AI industry<\/a>, and tech more broadly: how much of it is driven by underpaid workers overseas, and how much data it reviews behind the scenes. At Sama, the workers were performing data annotation, a process that involves manually labelling images, videos, and other content so an AI model knows what it\u2019s looking at during training. For the Ray-Ban glasses, this is supposed to help their built-in AI function more seamlessly.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll also add to the perception that Meta\u2019s AI wearables are \u201cpervert glasses<\/a>,\u201d allowing users to discreetly record people without their consent or knowledge. While the Ray-Bans have a light to indicate when they\u2019re recording, these can reportedly be disabled, and many have discovered tricks to cover them. Sama workers reported that some of the users appeared unaware that their glasses were recording.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople can record themselves in the wrong way and not even know what they are recording,\u201d one told the Swedish newspapers.<\/p>\n

The bombshell claims have put Meta under the microscope. The UK\u2019s Information Commissioners Office contacted Meta<\/a> about the \u201cconcerning\u201d reports. And Kenya\u2019s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner announced it would conduct an investigation into the Meta glasses\u2019 potential privacy violations.<\/p>\n

Naftali Wambalo of the Africa Tech Workers Movement said he has spoken with workers involved in the Meta glasses, alleging that Meta terminated its contract with Meta because it didn\u2019t want workers speaking out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I think are the standards they are talking about here are standards of secrecy,\u201d Wambalo told the BBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n

More on AI:<\/strong> Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Meta Had the Worst Possible Response When Its Workers Were Watching Naked Footage of Its Ray-Ban AI Glasses Users<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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