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Startup Launches Always-Recording AI Smart Glasses with No Privacy Indicators
Two Harvard dropouts raised $1 million to launch Halo X smart glasses that continuously record and transcribe conversations, providing real-time AI assistance to the wearer. The glasses lack external recording indicators and raise significant privacy concerns as they enable covert surveillance in public spaces. The device uses Google's Gemini and Perplexity for AI processing while relying on smartphone connectivity for computing power.
Skynet Chance (+0.04%): The normalization of covert, always-on surveillance devices increases the infrastructure for potential mass monitoring and control systems. While not directly creating hostile AI, it establishes concerning precedents for ubiquitous surveillance that could be exploited by more advanced AI systems.
Skynet Date (+0 days): This represents incremental progress in embedding AI surveillance into daily life but doesn't significantly accelerate core AGI development or control mechanisms. The technology uses existing AI models rather than advancing fundamental capabilities.
AGI Progress (+0.01%): The glasses primarily integrate existing AI technologies (Gemini, Perplexity) rather than advancing core AI capabilities. While it demonstrates practical AI deployment, it doesn't represent meaningful progress toward general intelligence.
AGI Date (+0 days): This consumer product uses current AI APIs for specific tasks and doesn't contribute to advancing the fundamental research or compute scaling needed for AGI development. The impact on AGI timeline is negligible.