Influencers Use Meta’s AI Glasses to Film Manipulative Feel-Good Slop of People in Public

Influencers are using Meta's smart glasses with built-in camera and facial recognition to film staged 'kind' videos with strangers without their consent. One such video got over 60 million views on TikTok, and writer Travis Shick, who became its accidental subject, grew from 150 to 12,700 followers.

• Blogger Levese's video with Meta glasses got 60 million views and 30,000 comments on TikTok
• A photo and facial recognition service were used to find the person
• Writer Travis Shick's followers grew from 150 to 12,700 in days
• Meta glasses dubbed 'pervert glasses' for covert filming of people in public