Ray-Ban Meta
Coverage of Ray-Ban Meta in the Nexus archive.
- AI glasses have a new hater: Lorde
Lorde criticized AI-enabled glasses during a Madrid festival performance, calling them 'not sexy' and advising against purchasing them. The event was sponsored by Ray-Ban Meta, a company promoting AI-powered eyewear through its partnership with EssilorLuxottica. Meta's glasses, which capture photos and videos and face privacy concerns, have sold over 7 million units.
- Mark Zuckerberg takes business calls on a jet ski wearing his $800 Meta glasses—and insists ‘the other person could not tell’
Mark Zuckerberg promotes Meta's smart glasses, claiming they enable clear communication even on a jet ski. He highlights features like built-in displays, gesture navigation via Neural Band, and a market potential of 2 billion glasses-wearers. Meta's AI-enabled eyewear sales tripled in a year, with Zuckerberg predicting they are 'some of the fastest growing consumer electronics in history.'
- Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex
Meta terminated its contract with Sama, a Kenya-based data annotation firm, after workers reported viewing explicit footage recorded by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The decision followed a BBC report and an earlier investigation by Swedish media and a freelance journalist highlighting privacy concerns.