Amazon expands AI smart glasses for delivery drivers
Amazon's delivery drivers are wearing new AI-powered glasses that automatically snap thousands of photos per shift. These images, showing people, homes, and property, are uploaded to Amazon's Wellspring AI system to improve delivery accuracy. There's no way for customers to opt out or see the photos, and privacy advocates are raising concerns. Amazon plans to equip 20,000 drivers with these glasses by the end of 2027.
- Smart glasses take photos constantly during delivery shifts
- Images are uploaded to Amazon's AI platform, Wellspring
- No opt-out or access for customers to their images
- Amazon will expand to 20,000 glasses by 2027
- Privacy and surveillance concerns cited by critics
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