Meta is reportedly tight-lipped about whether it is collecting video and image data from its artificial intelligence (AI) wearable device Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to train its large language models (LLMs). The company announced a new real-time video feature for the device that lets users ask AI to answer questions and make suggestions based on their surroundings. However, there is no explanation of what happens to this data once the AI ​​answers the question.

The feature in question is the real-time video capability that allows Meta AI to “see” the users’ surroundings and process the visual information to answer any questions the user may have. For example, a user can ask her to identify a famous brand, show her wardrobe and ask for wardrobe suggestions, or even ask for recipes based on ingredients in the refrigerator.

However, each of these functions requires the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses to take passive videos and photos of the surroundings to understand the context. Under normal circumstances, once a response is generated and the user ends the conversation, the data should be left on private servers, if not immediately deleted. This is because much of the data may be private information about the user’s home and other belongings.

But Metta is reportedly not telling that. When asked if the company is storing this data and training local AI models on it, a Meta spokesperson said: told TechCrunch that the company is not discussing the matter publicly. Another spokesperson reportedly clarified that the information is not being shared externally, adding, “We’re not saying either way.”

The company’s refusal to say exactly what happens with user data is concerning given the private, and potentially sensitive, nature of the data that smart glasses can capture. While Meta has already confirmed to train its AI models on public user data from its US-based customers on Facebook and Instagram, the data for the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses is not public.

Gadgets 360 has reached out to Meta for comment. We will update the story once we receive a statement from the company.