Meta Unveils 3rd-Gen Ray-Ban AI Glasses as Camera-Free Model Targets Privacy Backlash
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Updated · Gizmodo · Sep 29
Meta Unveils 3rd-Gen Ray-Ban AI Glasses as Camera-Free Model Targets Privacy Backlash
3 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · Sep 29
Summary
Meta used its Connect event to introduce a third generation of Ray-Ban AI glasses, including Ray-Ban Audio—its first smart glasses without a camera.
The camera-free launch directly addresses mounting criticism that smart glasses enable covert recording and feed fears over facial recognition and AI training on captured content.
Meta also outlined “Private Processing,” a cloud AI system using encryption, IP masking and a confidential virtual machine that it says keeps smart-glasses queries inaccessible even to Meta.
That privacy push follows controversy over reports that third-party contractors tied to Meta’s AI training program could view sensitive user photos and videos.
Meta paired the product shift with celebrity-backed designs from Kylie Jenner and Blackpink’s Lisa, signaling a broader effort to make smart glasses feel less creepy and more mainstream.