Meta is sued in the United States over allegations that it used photos from Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence systems, including image-generation models and a planned face-recognition feature called “NameTag.” The complaints, filed as a proposed class action, claim the company harvested people’s images without consent.
Wired reports that the case centers on training data used for Meta’s AI image-generation models and on its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition technology. NDTV says the lawsuit is brought by parents and their children and adds that the alleged photos are used in connection with “smart glasses.” Both outlets describe the core allegation as using social-media images without authorization and feeding them into NameTag.
The outlets differ mainly in emphasis: Wired highlights Meta’s broader AI training and the unreleased NameTag system, while NDTV focuses on the family plaintiffs and the alleged link to Meta’s AI glasses. Both accounts describe the suit as seeking redress for improper data use rather than reporting any court ruling yet.
