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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nicole Wootton-Cane

UK data watchdog writes to Meta over ‘concerning’ claims intimate footage filmed on smart glasses viewed by outsourced workers

The UK’s data watchdog has written to Meta over “concerning” reports private and intimate footage filmed on its AI smart glasses can be viewed by outsourced workers.

Footage of people having sex, on the toilet, and undressing is among that recorded using Meta glasses and then viewed by subcontractors in Kenya working to train the product’s AI functions, according to reporting from Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Goteborgs-Posten (GP).

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