Meta sued over data used to train AI image and face-recognition models

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Meta illegally harvested people's Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build an unreleased 'NameTag' face-recognition feature, according to WIRED.

Why it matters: This adds Meta to the growing list of major AI companies facing legal challenges over training-data provenance, and the face-recognition angle raises additional biometric-privacy exposure beyond the copyright issues that have dominated most AI training-data lawsuits.