In the next few weeks, Meta plans to shut down their facial recognition system, in a move that will affect nearly a third of its users. The recognition system is currently used to suggest tags on photos. You may have seen it in action yourself, if you’ve ever seen a photo not fully load on the site.
This does not necessarily mean an end to Meta’s use of facial recognition forever. VP of artificial intelligence, Jerome Pesenti, stated that “We believe facial recognition can help for products like these with privacy, transparency, and control in place.” But, he also recognized the many concerns people have for the use of this technology. “We believe that limiting the use of facial recognition to a narrow set of use cases is appropriate,” he added.
