Meta is reportedly silent on whether it collects video and image data from its artificial intelligence (AI) wearable 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 queries and make suggestions based on their surroundings. However, it is not clear what happens to this data after the AI ​​responds to the query.

The feature in question is a real-time video capability that allows Meta AI to “look” at the user’s surroundings and process that visual information to answer any query the user may have. For example, a user can ask him to identify a famous landmark, show him a closet and ask for wardrobe suggestions, or even ask for recipes based on the ingredients in the fridge.

However, each of these functionalities requires Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to capture passive videos and images of the environment to understand the context. Under normal circumstances, after the response is generated and the user ends the conversation, the data should be left on private servers if not immediately deleted. This is because a lot of data can be private information about the user’s home and other things.

But Meta allegedly does not declare this. When asked if the company stores that data and trains native AI models on it, a Meta spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company doesn’t discuss it publicly. Another spokesperson reportedly emphasized that this information is not being shared externally and added that “we are not saying either.”

The company’s refusal to make clear what happens to user data is worrisome given the private and potentially sensitive nature of the data the smart glasses can capture. While Meta has already confirmed training its AI models on the public user data of its US users on Facebook and Instagram, the data from 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.