Meta has introduced an opt-out feature allowing users to prevent visual data from their smart glasses being used to train the company's artificial intelligence models. The move comes in response to growing privacy concerns about the company's use of camera-based interactions for AI training, addressing at least one proposed class-action lawsuit. This represents a significant concession from the technology company, which faces ongoing backlash over privacy practices surrounding its AI-equipped eyewear.

Previously, Meta allowed images and videos captured during Meta AI interactions—such as asking the glasses to translate a sign—to be used for training purposes, though many users were unaware these captures were being stored at all. The company had outsourced the review and labelling of these images to third-party contractors in other countries, some of whom reportedly encountered intimate and personal imagery during this work. Under the new opt-out setting, users who decline will have their visual data deleted immediately after answering their query, with neither training nor product review occurring. However, the opt-out only applies to visual data; audio interactions with Meta AI remain subject to the same training and review practices, though users can manually delete audio recordings.