It appears that not everyone is quite on board with the growing proliferation of artificially intelligent eyewear.
In fact, some are so against it, they’re taking a lawsuit straight to the top of one of the most AI-forward tech platforms out there.
According to multiple reports, the Mark Zuckerberg-owned Meta (which oversees ubiquitous social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram) has been hit with a class-action lawsuit concerning its line of “smart” glasses.
According to a report byEngadget, the lawsuit was brought forth after a Swedish news outlet dug into claims that subcontractors in Africa were concerned after reviewing footage recorded on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
And these weren’t innocuous images.
Those subcontractors claimed that the footage they viewed included “intimate” content, such as bathroom visits and sexual encounters.
(The subcontractors were tasked with labeling objects in videos captured via these glasses.)
According toTech Crunch, the U.S. class action lawsuit has been brought forth by Clarkson Law Firm on behalf of plaintiffs Gina Bartone of New Jersey and Mateo Canu of California, who are representing the public.
The class action complaint makes several damning allegations.
One of the biggest issues involved the way the Meta AI smart glasses were being advertised, with slogans like “designed for privacy, controlled by you” and “built for your privacy.”
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