Meta is rolling out a new privacy setting in the Meta AI app that lets smart glasses owners opt out of having their 'visual data' used to train the company's AI models. The setting is found under each glasses pair's Meta AI settings and requires the device to be connected to a phone. Meta says opting out means the data won't be stored after processing, but it will disable some features, such as visual reminders based on objects a user has looked at.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-25
Meta announced it will let smart glasses owners opt out of having images and video captured during Meta AI interactions used to train its AI models. Previously, camera captures triggered by voice commands like asking Meta AI to identify an object were stored and sometimes reviewed by third-party contractors abroad for labeling, even though they weren't saved to users' camera rolls. The opt-out applies only to visual data; audio interactions with Meta AI can still be used for training, though users can manually delete those recordings.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-24
US officials have publicly objected to Australia's proposed legislation that would let users opt out of algorithm-driven content recommendations, characterising the move as censorship. Separately, at the UN, President Trump downplayed calls for AI regulation, suggesting the technology be renamed "super intelligence" rather than artificial intelligence.
bbc.com
· 2026-09-23
The US embassy in Canberra formally objected to Australia's draft digital duty of care laws, which would require tech platforms to let users opt out of content algorithms or face fines. The submission argued vague definitions of 'harm' could enable viewpoint-based censorship, suppress independent journalists, and affect users globally, not just in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, speaking during a US visit, defended the laws as returning control to individuals rather than governments.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-09-23
A user posting on Hacker News says OpenAI's account setting that disables use of chat data for model training has reverted to 'on' after being turned off, despite no action from the user. They say this has happened more than once, and they only caught it by deliberately tracking when they last disabled the option.
news.ycombinator.com
· 2026-09-10
Australia is moving to mandate that social media platforms let users opt out of algorithm-curated feeds, giving people the ability to see content in a simpler, non-personalized order such as chronological posting. The requirement would apply to major platforms operating in the country.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-08
Bluesky rolled out a new privacy toggle letting users exclude their posts from the app's algorithmic Discover feed, which can otherwise surface any public post on the network. The setting, found under Privacy and Security, takes up to an hour to apply and doesn't make posts private—only less discoverable to people outside a user's follower base.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-27
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