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There's always so much happening in our world, and we found some stories we think are worth sharing.
You know all those conspiracy theories about a global surveillance state?
Well, Meta apparently plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, a feature they're calling Name Tag.
And it's safe to say even Mark Zuckerberg understands what that could mean for our privacy rights.
The New York Times reportedly reviewed internal documents from the company that suggested they intend to launch Nametag, quote, during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.
The good news is there's nothing happening right now that could possibly distract their critics.
What's more frightening, according to Apple Insider, the technology has already been used to capture footage of people's most private moments.
Going to the bathroom, removing clothes, entering bank information.
And those videos are all apparently seen by the real human beings training Meta's AI in Kenya.
But expensive glasses aren't the only things using you to mine information.
Data collected from the popular, once much more popular, augmented reality game Pokemon Go has helped map the world.
That data is now being used to train robots that
deliver you food, and do so with absolutely no issues.
As for its evolution, well, I guess we'll find out.
And in alien news, a few weeks back, President Trump asked the Pentagon and all federal agencies to release any documents related to UFOs and aliens.
As of recording this segment, that has not happened.
But eight days after making that statement, a former high-ranking officer in the US Air Force, Major General William McCasland, has disappeared.
His disappearance has fueled conspiracy theories online due to McCaslin's previous work researching UFOs for the government, suggesting the two are somehow connected.