Cork senator welcomes privacy report on AI glasses used for covert recordings in Ireland
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Thomas Lawrance
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Summary
A Cork senator, Labour's Laura Harmon, has welcomed a report addressing privacy concerns about AI glasses equipped with cameras that can covertly record people in public and private spaces. Recent incidents in Ireland have shown these glasses being used to film women in workplaces and during medical emergencies without consent, with edited clips posted on social media. Senator Harmon describes this as a 'new level of invasion of privacy' and has called for regulatory action.
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A Cork senator - who has called for a crackdown on AI glasses in public - has welcomed news of a report into privacy concerns surrounding the camera-equipped specs
cameras have been used to film women in their workplaces and during medical emergencies
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