Geoffrey Fowler (@geoffreyfowler): "Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it: "

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Geoffrey Fowler Feb 13

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Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses.

nytimes.com/2026/02/13/…

And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:

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