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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tayo Bero

Smart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?

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‘The potential applications of this kind of surveillance technology are spine-chilling.’ Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

Imagine if every time you left the house, you couldn’t be sure that the stranger you met at a bar – or even the person walking by you in the street – wasn’t secretly recording you. It sounds like something out of a Black Mirror episode, but let’s face it, the era of wearable technology is fully upon us as everyday accessories have been developed to help track health and fitness data, receive smartphone notifications, and provide hands-free accessibility.

So when Meta announced their AI glasses a few years ago, it wasn’t too surprising that one of the biggest (and most embattled) tech companies on earth had begun cashing in on our obsession with watching others. And their AI glasses have already raised serious concerns over privacy, personal safety and even our sense of agency.

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