AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
TL;DR
- Norway proposes a temporary ban on AI glasses in public spaces.
- The ban aims to address privacy concerns over wearable technology filming people without consent.
- Locations like parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens are considered for the ban.
- Norway will establish an expert group to propose permanent national rules.
- The digitalization minister emphasized the need to prevent a society where people fear hidden recordings.
- Schools in Oslo and Equinor have already implemented their own bans.
- Australia is considering similar bans, and courtrooms in several countries have issued them.
- US tech companies see wearable AI as a potential replacement for mobile phones.
- Privacy advocates have raised concerns, dubbing the technology 'pervert technology'.