Ray-Ban Meta glasses let you record life hands-free in style. But weak AI and privacy trade-offs make them more risk than reward for most people.
If you own Ray-Ban Meta glasses, you should double-check your privacy settings | TechCrunch
Meta has updated the privacy policy for its AI glasses, Ray-Ban Meta, giving the tech giant more power over what data it can store and use to train its AI models.
Is Meta Using Disabled People to Promote Its Glasses?
AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.
Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Used To Instantly Dox Strangers In Public, Thanks To AI And Facial Recognition
Harvard students hack together a system to gather intel on strangers to build their trust, then share steps for the public to protect themselves from such technology.
Meta tightens privacy policy around Ray-Ban glasses to boost AI training
Your voice recordings will now be stored no matter what.
Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans
Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make “smart glasses”—tech-infused glasses with cameras, AI, maps, displays, and more—a thing. But in the past year,
A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency that is really encouraging its agents to actively intimidate and terrorize people," one expert said.
Mark Zuckerberg says anyone not wearing AI glasses in the future will be at a disadvantage | Fortune
Zuckerberg said immersive smart glasses could bring the idea of the metaverse to fruition.
The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public
Meta's camera-equipped "AI Glasses" are so divisive that some adopters are reportedly leaving their expensive smart glasses at home.
Envision Glasses
AI-powered smartglasses that articulate everyday visual information into speech, providing independence and possibilities for people who are blind or have low vision.
For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought
Tech companies are using accessibility as a smoke screen to obfuscate the risks of AI wearables, writes Ariana Aboulafia.
For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought
Tech companies are using accessibility as a smoke screen to obfuscate the risks of AI wearables, writes Ariana Aboulafia.
Meta Ray-Ban glasses make it easy to film (and harass) strangers
We regret to inform you that the pickup artists have discovered Meta Ray-Bans.
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
Be My Eyes Smartglasses
Learn how Be My Eyes smartglasses enhance accessibility through Meta AI Glasses in numerous countries and how to get yours.
Meta sued over AI smart glasses' privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage | TechCrunch
Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.
AI-powered smart glasses
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Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places
Newsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record people
Dutch retailers suspend Meta smart glasses sales amid privacy concerns | Digital Watch Observatory
Amazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’
Meta glasses captured and shared intimate images without users' consent, lawsuit claims
A Review of the Ray-ban Meta AI Glasses for People With Low Vision