The setting determines whether workers can view photos and videos from your glasses.
Meta has started rolling out the setting that allows people who use its smart glasses to opt out of allowing the company to use “visual data” collected by the device for AI training. The setting is now available in the Meta AI app.
The company began notifying eyeglass owners of the change with a pop-up in the Meta AI app. “Your Al glasses can translate a menu, identify a plant and much more,” he says. “You can opt out of providing visual data from these experiences to Meta for product improvement. If you opt out, this data is not stored after processing.”
The notification directs users to the corresponding settings page, but you can also find it directly by going to your glasses settings, selecting “Meta AI” and scrolling down to “store visual data from AI experiments.” You will need to take your glasses out of their case and connect them to your phone to be able to change the setting. If you have multiple pairs of glasses, you will need to repeat this step for each pair.
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Opting out may prevent you from being able to use certain features with the glasses, Meta explains. This includes “visual reminders,” like looking at an item and asking Meta AI to remind you to buy it next week. It is unclear if other features are affected.
Along with the new setting, Meta also released a more detailed description of how it uses “visual data” in a help center article that explicitly mentions the possibility of human review. “When you use AI experiences on your Meta Glasses – like asking questions about something you’re looking at or using live AI – Meta stores the resulting visual data and can use it to optimize the glasses’ functionality and improve Meta products,” the company explains. “This includes the process of training and improving AI models, which can be automated or manual (human).”
The company goes on to note that it only stores “visual data” collected when using certain AI features, including Live AI. Visual data, the company claims, does not include “photos and videos you capture with your glasses when the capture light is on.”
