While Kylie Jenner serves as a human billboard for Meta’s AI glasses, pop star Lorde isn’t buying it. During a set at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid last week, Lorde had a few words about the new technology, which many security experts have considered a privacy nightmare. “It’s getting harder and harder in our
In recent years, several technology executives have told us that glasses could be the next big interface for consumer hardware. And yet, today’s smart glasses rely heavily on phones, even if they have good hardware. Even Realities’ G2 smart glasses are in the same boat. They’re a premium pair of glasses with a neon-style front
Mirjahan Choudhury receives a free eye test at Rangia Post Office in India. Subhamoy Bhattacharjee for NPR hide title toggle title Subhamoy Bhattacharjee for NPR In recent years, Sangita Kalita has watched her mother and mother-in-law go to the local temple (called naamghar) in the state of Assam, India, and leave disappointed. On each visit,
Meta’s AI glasses have a growing reputation as creepy technology. The company hopes to change that opinion by announcing an update that will disable the camera if the LED light that indicates the glasses are recording has been tampered with. The move is apparently a concession to consumer sentiment that glasses are not just fun,
Meta and Snap launched new smart glasses last month, the latest sign that the industry is racing to put a camera and AI assistant on users’ faces. As the fast-growing market heats up, startups like Even Realities are closing in on the giants. Even Realities, a three-year-old Shenzhen-based startup, has raised $150 million in a
Chris Harrison, director of the Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie Mellon University, doesn’t think the new subscription will help pay for Meta’s AI spending. “The industry has made enormous strides, even in the last six months, but certainly in the last 18 months, improving the efficiency of token generation and running these models much more