AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
AI 眼镜面临首次重大政府禁令
Norway has become the first major country to propose a temporary ban on the use of AI glasses in selected public places amid growing privacy concerns over wearable technology. 挪威已成为首个提议在特定公共场所临时禁止使用 AI 眼镜的主要国家，此举旨在应对人们对可穿戴技术日益增长的隐私担忧。
The rich Scandinavian country’s center-left government said on Monday that it would introduce a law to parliament soon on a temporary ban for places such as parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens. It will also set up an expert group to propose permanent national rules. 这个富裕的斯堪的纳维亚国家的中左翼政府周一表示，将很快向议会提交一项法律草案，对公园、海滩、学校和幼儿园等场所实施临时禁令。政府还将成立一个专家组，以制定永久性的国家法规。
“I am concerned about the introduction of powerful new technology where people risk being photographed, filmed, or recorded without their knowledge,” said Torgeir Micaelsen, Norway’s digitalization minister. A temporary ban “will give us time to conduct a thorough assessment and hold an informed debate that can lay the foundation for permanent regulation,” he said. “我担心这种强大新技术的引入，会让人们面临在不知情的情况下被拍照、录像或录音的风险，”挪威数字化部长托尔盖尔·米卡尔森（Torgeir Micaelsen）表示。他指出，临时禁令“将为我们争取时间进行全面评估，并开展充分的讨论，从而为永久性监管奠定基础。”
Governments around the world are grappling with how to regulate AI glasses—including those from Facebook owner Meta and cheaper copycat devices—amid worries that they are being used to film people without their consent, including children and women in settings such as changing rooms. 世界各国的政府都在努力应对如何监管 AI 眼镜的问题——包括 Facebook 母公司 Meta 推出的产品以及更廉价的仿制品——因为人们担心这些设备被用于在未经同意的情况下拍摄他人，包括在更衣室等场所拍摄妇女和儿童。
Parts of Norwegian society have already reacted with their own bans, including schools in the capital Oslo and the country’s biggest company, oil and gas major Equinor, which has banned them from its offices and offshore facilities. 挪威社会的部分机构已经采取了各自的禁令，包括首都奥斯陆的学校，以及该国最大的公司——石油和天然气巨头 Equinor，该公司已禁止在办公室和海上设施中使用此类设备。
Australia is considering a ban on smart glasses in certain public spaces, while courtrooms in several countries have issued bans as the use of wearable technology increases. 澳大利亚正在考虑在某些公共场所禁止使用智能眼镜，而随着可穿戴技术使用率的提高，多个国家的法庭也已发布了相关禁令。
Norway’s government said it did not want to propose a total ban. It said that appropriate use could be where there was no risk of filming people without their consent. It added that the proposed ban was a “high priority” and that a draft law would soon be presented to parliament. 挪威政府表示，并不打算提议全面禁止。政府称，在没有未经同意拍摄他人风险的情况下，适当的使用是可以接受的。政府补充说，这项拟议的禁令是“重中之重”，法律草案将很快提交议会。
“We do not want a society where people are concerned about hidden audio recordings, photography, and filming in places and situations where they are used to being without being monitored. Such a society can be experienced as unsafe and cause us to withdraw,” said Micaelsen. “我们不希望生活在一个人们担心在习惯于不受监控的场所和情况下，会被秘密录音、拍照和录像的社会中。这样的社会会被认为是不安全的，并导致我们产生退缩心理，”米卡尔森说道。
US tech companies such as Meta, Google, and OpenAI believe wearable technology, like smart glasses, has the potential to replace mobile phones as our main gateway to AI. They believe that talking to AI—which will listen to people’s conversations and daily life—is easier than opening an app and typing in queries. Meta、谷歌和 OpenAI 等美国科技公司认为，像智能眼镜这样的可穿戴技术有潜力取代手机，成为我们通往 AI 的主要入口。他们认为，与 AI 对话（AI 将会倾听人们的谈话和日常生活）比打开应用程序并输入查询指令要容易得多。
Analysts at Counterpoint Research estimate consumers will spend more than $1 trillion between 2026 and 2032 on wearable devices. But that has raised widespread privacy concerns about what such smart glasses could see or hear, and led to them being dubbed “pervert technology” by some campaigners. Counterpoint Research 的分析师估计，2026 年至 2032 年间，消费者在可穿戴设备上的支出将超过 1 万亿美元。但这引发了人们对智能眼镜所见所闻的广泛隐私担忧，并导致一些活动人士将其戏称为“变态技术”。