Column: Apple Must Heed the Lessons of Meta’s ‘Pervert’ Glasses
The introduction of a wearable device with a camera is a landmark and pivotal moment. Done right, Apple’s product could give the company a leg up on its rivals by becoming the first breakthrough device that regular people might use to actually interact with AI in the physical world. Or it might blow up in executives’ faces. The devil is in the details — and perhaps how users define a “camera” and what it can do.
Apple Must Heed the Lessons of Meta’s ‘Pervert’ Glassesbloomberg.comIn what looks like a curiously sloppy oversight, Apple Inc. has inadvertently confirmed Bloomberg’s reporting on the company’s first big swing at an AI-enhanced wearable device. Hidden in a coming Mac software update, a 13-second video shows a man wearing AirPods pick up a book and hold it in front of him. “With Visual Intelligence,” the voice-over says, “your world becomes savable. See something you like? Just ask me to save it for later.”