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Also: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominanceHello, TechScape readers! Danielle Abril, editor of the Guardian’s Reworked series on AI and the future of work, filling in for Blake Montgomery this week. Major legal battles against Meta over child safety are playing out in courts across the US – and the tech giant […]
Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leaveCourts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as “spyware”.Last month courts in New York announced a
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Meta CEO presents utopian vision of AI in 6,000-word essay amid Silicon Valley debate over government regulationMark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay on Monday detailing his views on artificial intelligence and announced several plans for how Meta would develop the technology in the future. The CEO’s essay went online the same day as Meta released
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Progressive US senator urges Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to ‘stop building machines that humans cannot control’Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic executives to halt their development of artificial intelligence, warning that the US Senate will implement regulation if the companies continue deploying AI at their current pace.In a new letter addressed
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Meta is releasing Muse Glimmer under an Apache 2.0 licence for local AI agents that can run on a consumer GPU. The company’s Superintelligence Labs has released the 30-billion-parameter model’s weights on Hugging Face. Meta says developers can use it for local coding, function calling, local agents, and LLM-as-a-judge evaluation. The release targets an operational
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Influencers describe negative reactions to their use of what are widely becoming known as ‘pervert glasses’It was hardly an offensive video. Amid the buzz of the Tour de France finale, Oliver Hooson filmed himself whipping up a delicious-looking flat white for a fellow cycling enthusiast. But after posting the footage on social media, the comments
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The backlash to what some dub ‘pervert glasses’ is growing – but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne summer day earlier this year, Rhys left a cafe in Melbourne where he had been working remotely, when his phone
Ruling comes as part of second phase of landmark trial that found social media company enabled harm against usersA New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to pay $567m into a fund aimed at redressing adverse mental health impacts from the social media giant’s platforms.The Thursday ruling comes as a part
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Meta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now prohibit them from being worn at allWhen Meta used superstar Kylie Jenner to promote its sleek new line of “spy glasses”, the social media company hoped the devices would reach the same broad acceptance that tablets and smartwatches have found
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While some users say the wearables have changed their lives, critics voice fears over safety and privacyWith more than 7m pairs reportedly sold in 2025, Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses are fast becoming one of the world’s most popular gadgets.While supporters say they are transforming photography and accessibility, critics have raised concerns about nonconsensual filming, privacy and
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