17 August 2026

Meta patents facial recognition system for AI glasses

• Meta has patented technology that identifies faces in real time through AI glasses and automatically creates video highlight reels from events.
• The system would recognize attendees at gatherings and extract moments featuring specific people, potentially without their knowledge or consent.
• Privacy advocates worry the technology could enable surveillance or harassment at public events, hence the critical label 'pervert glasses'.

How it was covered

The AlgorithmMIT Technology Review

The technology would identify people at events and create highlight reels, raising privacy concerns about what critics call pervert glasses.