"Users of Meta's AI smart glasses in Europe may be unknowingly sharing intimate video and sensitive financial information with moderators outside of the bloc, according to a report from Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet. Employees in Kenya doing AI annotation told the journalists that they've seen people nude, using the toilet and engaging in sexual activity, along with credit card numbers and other sensitive information."
"If a wearer wants to make use of that AI, though, they must agree to Meta's terms of service that allow any data captured to be reviewed by humans. That's because Meta's large language models (LLMs) often require people to annotate visual data so that the AI can understand it and build its training models."
"This data can end up in places like Nairobi, Kenya, often moderated by underpaid workers. Such actions are subject to Europe's GDPR rules that require transparency about how personal data is processed, according to a data protection lawyer cited in the report."
Meta's Ray-Ban Display and other AI-enabled smart glasses capture video and audio that requires human annotation to train the company's large language models. Users must agree to Meta's terms of service allowing data review by humans, but this information often ends up with underpaid moderators in Kenya and other locations outside Europe. Employees in Kenya reported viewing nude individuals, people using toilets, sexual activity, and sensitive financial information like credit card numbers. This practice raises GDPR compliance concerns regarding transparency about personal data processing. Meta's privacy policy places responsibility on users to avoid sharing sensitive information, though the policy itself is difficult to locate.
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