Anhphu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio have two modified abilities from Meta Ray Ban 2 total With the reverse image search service PimEyes and other public databases under the project called I-XRAY. PimEyes only needs one photo to find similar photos online based on the facial features of the person in the uploaded photo. By applying a large language model (LLM) to images and other publicly available databases, piecing together data makes it possible to detect identities with sufficient data, and moreover in near real-time.
Through the combined use of LLM and reverse face search, it becomes possible to automate the extraction of publicly available data relating to specific people – catching the attention of two engineering students. According to the document detailing the search, while in the traditional way it takes the average user time to search for himself in public databases or search for information based on photos of other people, this process can be performed in a few seconds using smart glasses.
The researchers chose the second-generation Meta Ray Ban model because it is almost impossible to distinguish from regular glasses, so it can cover any surveillance activity almost inconspicuously. The two researchers did not publish the codes they wrote to avoid misuse in real life, because even the primitive solution worked very well in live tests, carried out in randomly selected subway stations, in many cases on strangers but also on known people. .
However, the main goal of the project was to draw users' attention to opting out of appearing in invasive search engines, which is also possible with PimEyes. Although in the case of Google and Facebook, it would be difficult to imagine that they would provide a similar service or option in practice, just because of sanctions and reputation, in the case of more problematic AI companies like Clearview AI, which if this technology cooperates with the authorities, it is possible that This technology actually raises real concerns when combined with smart glasses.
