Baidu boasts strong AI user growth alongside launch of first smart glasses

Baidu boasts strong AI user growth alongside launch of first smart glasses

Baidu CEO Robin Li Yanhong touted strong user growth for its Ernie large language model (LLM) at the company’s annual conference where it debuted a pair of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses, as China’s largest internet search firm jostles for attention in a sea of competitors. Li said at the event on Tuesday that its … Read more

Apple explores smart glasses, following Meta’s lead

Apple explores smart glasses, following Meta’s lead

Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses with an internal study of products currently on the market, setting the stage for the company to follow Meta Platforms into an increasingly popular category. The initiative, code-named Atlas, got under way last week and involves gathering feedback from Apple employees on smart glasses, according to people … Read more

Here were the five biggest headlines in this week’s AI news

Here were the five biggest headlines in this week’s AI news

Meta We officially transitioned into Spooky Season this week and, between OpenAI’s $6.6 million funding round, Nvidia’s surprise LLM, and some privacy-invading Meta Smart Glasses, we saw a scary number of developments in the AI space. Here are five of the biggest announcements. Andrew Martonik / Digital Trends OpenAI secures $6.6 billion in latest funding … Read more

What they don’t tell you about wearing a camera on your face

What they don’t tell you about wearing a camera on your face

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends I’ve been wearing the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses for a few weeks now and, therefore, have lived life with a camera on my face during that time. Being able to capture that cool first-person viewpoint with the camera was one of the things that attracted me to these glasses, and … Read more

I’m replacing my normal glasses with smart glasses. Here’s why

I’m replacing my normal glasses with smart glasses. Here’s why

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends I wear glasses so I can see what I’m doing. This means I have to wear them all the time, so they have to be light, comfortable, and stylish. Smart glasses made over the past few years have never really ticked all these boxes, and getting prescription lenses in them … Read more