At Meta Connect, I tried out the AI agent, hearing enhancement and other features on all the new glasses. I was also disappointed at how little's been done on the privacy front.

I talked to “Henry,” a Muse agent in my AI glasses, as I stared at a box of Kind bars. Henry was trained as if it were the assistant to a 38-year-old bodybuilding marketing executive. Henry told me whether I should eat Kind bars and also helped me plan my workout schedule. 

This was me getting a preview of Muse, Meta’s AI agent that’s already on phones and Macs, but this time it was on Meta’s AI glasses. If you were concerned about AI on what many people are calling “pervert glasses” before, they’re about to get supercharged very soon.

But I also tried on a camera-free pair of Meta glasses that gave me audio assistance, meaning privacy-invading, pervy images aren’t an issue.

This was at Meta’s Connect developer conference this week, where the focus was on AI, VR and glasses and where Meta fired out a whole bunch of updates and many new designs. It was also getting a jump on the launch of Google and Samsung’s own AI glasses, which are just around the corner. 

Some of Meta’s new glasses designs come with better battery life, some with added hearing assistance, and some, made by Thai rap star and actor Lisa, come with collectible charms. But amid all of this, there was very little about fundamental changes that would address the privacy concerns and fears surrounding a wearable category that so many companies are diving into.

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