School sociology class: Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment

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Cambridge OCR AS & A-level Sociology Component 3; Section A - Globalisation and the digital social world

Read the article below and then answer the questions:

Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment

• How might this new technology be able to improve inequalities in the UK?

• Read this previous FT article: How tech turned against women. Why might Laura Bates be critical of these newer developments to Meta AI glasses? Specifically not activating an LED light when the glasses are in use

• What might a Marxist say about this technology and companies having access to this data?

Ellen Pledger, Farnborough Sixth Form College