Next year’s artificial intelligence battle is coming into focus—and it’s all about glasses.
As they release more powerful AI that can understand images and language, Meta Platforms, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and others are racing to apply the technology to smart glasses and other wearable devices with forward-facing cameras. It’s a vision many of the companies have discussed or worked on for years, but they have a new reason to think they can pull it off: the sudden rise of multimodal AI that understands drawings, charts, objects and hand gestures in addition to text and audio.
For instance, OpenAI recently discussed embedding its object recognition software, known as GPT-4 with Vision, into products from Snapchat’s parent company, according to a person familiar with the situation. That could result in new features for Snap’s Spectacles smart glasses.