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Amanda Caswell

Meta files patent for AI facial recognition glasses that identify people around you and record automatically

A front view of Meta Ray-Ban (gen 2) smart glasses.

Imagine hosting a dinner party without stopping to pull out your phone. Later, your glasses present you with a collection of photos and video clips showing your partner across the table and your friends laughing together. That's the idea behind the system Meta has patented for it's Meta glasses.

The patent filing describes camera-equipped glasses that use facial recognition, expression analysis and information about your relationships to identify the people around you and decide which moments you may want to keep.

The glasses could even ask, “I’ve generated some highlights of tonight’s dinner party. Would you like to see them?”

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