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Gemini’s there to fulfill its “traditional” role: serve as a search engine of sorts if you need help explaining what ratatouille is, for example, or how it’s made. You can play songs from Spotify, or add a reminder to take the cat to the vet. But the glasses are supposed to allow Gemini an eye into the world, too, “looking” at a concert poster and looking into tickets, or explaining what sort of wine might pair with that dish you’re looking to whip up for dinner. All of this gets piped into your eardrums via the speakers. Granted, there’s a modicum of convenience in it all. The glasses don’t s
I tried Google's AI glasses. They're what Google Glass always wanted to be… Given the size and strength of Google’s security team, this explanation might be enough—were it not for my main privacy concern. Google notes deep in a help file that it will use video selfies to help train its AI to improve facial recognition and age estimation if so permitted. …
… I think I'd want that, especially navigating something like an airport, college campus, or museum, as well as just looking for a flat white. Some of the hardware concerns will be concerns: battery life, mainly. And I'm not sure what I'd want out of a HUD -- probably minimal distractions, certainly. …
… Letting AI agents sort through all your email has long been considered a killer app for AI, although the convenience doesn’t come without some serious risks. First, there’s the privacy aspect. Do you really want AI agents poking through all your email messages? …
… Instead of uploading terabytes of information to the cloud, where privacy concerns arise and network interference can waste hours, local AI has everything it needs right then and there, and follow-up fine tuning is easier and more efficient, too. …