AI editing at Apple and an indicator light for glasses – Photo News of the Week Apple adds AI tools to Photos. Meta deletes facial recognition from Ray-Ban glasses. US law demands recording light for smart glasses. WWDC 2026 brought quite a few interesting things for photographers: Apple is equipping its Photos app with three new AI-powered editing tools. While the company is still keeping details about the specific functions under wraps, the integration into OS 27 and “Apple Intelligence” at least promises that the editing will take place directly on the device – a plus for privacy-conscious users. However, whether the tools can do more than the already established AI functions of the competition will only become clear in the fall when OS 27 is rolled out. Meta secretly wipes away evidence What's happening at Meta is much more explosive: After the company vehemently denied integrating facial recognition technology into its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, developers discovered corresponding code in the app. Shortly thereafter, this code, however, disappeared silently and without official explanation. This not only smells of a guilty conscience but also raises the question of what Meta actually intends to do with the recordings from its glasses wearers. The whole operation is reminiscent of a burglar quickly wiping away fingerprints when leaving the crime scene. Only here, millions of users are potentially affected. Meta continues to claim that it does not use facial recognition – but why the code then? And why the secret deletion? Building trust definitely works differently. Lawmakers demand visible warning lights Speaking of trust: In the US, representatives have introduced a bill that would require smart glasses with recording functions to have a clearly visible warning light. The “Smart Glasses Recording Act” is intended to prevent people from being secretly filmed – a problem