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Ben Jennings on Smart Glasses and AI Hacks – Cartoon

The Guardian

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Date Published
24 Sept 2026
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1
Australian
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24 Sept 2026, 10:00 pm

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There are growing fears about ‘perv glasses’ being used to film people without their consent

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This editorial cartoon highlights emerging societal concerns regarding the intersection of wearable hardware and AI-enabled surveillance. It addresses the specific threat of smart glasses being used for non-consensual data collection and 'doxing' through facial recognition hacks. While the piece focuses on individual privacy and consent rather than global catastrophic risks, it reflects growing public anxiety over the erosion of anonymity in the age of frontier AI integration into everyday devices.

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