Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems
While the feature had not been enabled for users of the app, the analysis found that the system was designed to turn faces captured by the glasses into biometric signatures and compare them with so-called faceprints stored in a database on the user’s phone. That database was configured to receive updates from Meta. The complaint acknowledges that Meta has not disclosed which images, if any, were used for generating biometric data, saying that information remains solely in the company’s possession.The suit also targets Meta’s image-generation systems.
- ▪While the feature had not been enabled for users of the app, the analysis found that the system was designed to turn faces captured by the glasses into biometric signatures and compare them with so-called faceprints stored in a database on
- ▪That database was configured to receive updates from Meta.
- ▪The complaint acknowledges that Meta has not disclosed which images, if any, were used for generating biometric data, saying that information remains solely in the company’s possession.The suit also targets Meta’s image-generation systems.
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Dhruv MehrotraSecuritySep 11, 2026 2:59 PMMeta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition SystemsThe proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature.Photograph: Christoph Dernbach/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA set of parents and their children in Illinois and California filed a lawsuit last week in federal court in Chicago alleging that Meta illegally used their Facebook and Instagram photos to build NameTag, an unreleased face-recognition system for its smart glasses, and to train generative AI models including Emu and Muse Image.The proposed class action alleges that…
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