How to stop Meta training its AI models on your smart glasses' visual data
Big Tech Meta How to stop Meta training its AI models on your smart glasses' visual data The setting affects whether workers can review photos and videos from your glasses. 25, 2026 4:35 pm EST Meta Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Meta has started to roll 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 within the Meta AI app.
- ▪Big Tech Meta How to stop Meta training its AI models on your smart glasses' visual data The setting affects whether workers can review photos and videos from your glasses.
- ▪25, 2026 4:35 pm EST Meta Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Meta has started to roll out the setting that allows people who use its smart glasses to opt out of allowing the company to use "visual data" collected by th
- ▪The setting is now available within the Meta AI app.
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Big Tech Meta How to stop Meta training its AI models on your smart glasses' visual data The setting affects whether workers can review photos and videos from your glasses. By Karissa Bell Sept. 25, 2026 4:35 pm EST Meta Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Meta has started to roll 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 within the Meta AI app. The company has begun notifying glasses owners about the change with a pop-up in the Meta AI app. "Your Al glasses can translate a menu, identify a plant and more," it says. "You can opt out of providing visual data from these experiences to Meta for product improvement.
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