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France 24
France 24
Technology
Peter O'BRIEN

A 'second brain' on your face: testing the AI glasses built by Meta's hackers

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They first made headlines by bolting facial recognition onto Meta's Ray-Bans to show how easily the technology could identify strangers in the street. Now Anhphu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio have a product of their own: Mira, a $650 pair of AI glasses, with no camera this time, that quietly transcribes and summarises everything, so you can turn your life into a searchable database.

Technology Editor Peter O'Brien lived with them for two weeks, weighing a genuinely useful "second brain" against the awkward reality of recording the people around you.

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