Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
2026-05-08 11:09 UTC
Replies (35)
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@ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-09 16:27
Fuck. Anyone know of any good headphones that have the airpod in-ear shape? (Like these) Hate the Skullcandy style with the shitty rubber nubs, those hurt my ears. (Like these) But that’s all anyone makes now other than airpods non-pro and cheap shitty airpod knockoffs (but I still want halfway decent headphones.) No it isn’t “just the wrong size” don’t bother with that, I just have way too tight ear pussies and I need it to rest outside the hole like the first pic.
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@Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 2026-05-08 23:44
Fuck right off, dipshits. What really sucks about this is that there’s a version of us in the infinite multiverses where these companies and politicians develop and maintain trust so that we can actually benefit from some of these innovations without just feeling paranoid and taken advantage of, but instead, in their hubris, they make us hate them and their tech.
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@SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2026-05-10 04:57
Endlessly asking AI what to do will cause people to lose the ability to think analytically.
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@nuko147@lemmy.world 2026-05-09 19:41
I hope they will be banned in EU.
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@bonenode@piefed.social 2026-05-08 11:23
The AirPods’ cameras “aren’t designed” to snap photos or video but instead can take in “visual information in low resolution” that users can query Siri about, like asking the AI assistant what they should cook with the ingredients they have in front of them, according to Gurman. They may also use the cameras to help with things like turn-by-turn directions. So you got to hover that leek next to your ears? Nice they are low resolution but if they can recognise something sitting on a kitchen counter in front of you then that is not a relevant argument. They can 100% be used to identify people standing in front of you as well and that is going to be outside anyones control.
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@FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-08 11:15
Yeah, because I really want my fucking headphones recording video.
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@Substance_P@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 11:29
> Apple is also developing smart glasses and an AI pendant that could launch as soon as early 2027, according to Gurman. Nobody asked for this. This AI push is stagnating innovation. Also, link is paywalled. https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.theverge.com/tech/926376/apple-airpods-cameras-ai-production
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@warm@kbin.earth 2026-05-08 12:48
Why is this shit legal...
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@Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-08 23:12
Finally, someone solved the age old problem of *ears not seeing well enough*
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@Grass@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-08 16:54
they saw the outrage at meta glasses and decided "I need this"
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@WesternInfidels@feddit.online 2026-05-08 14:19
> ...users can query Siri about, like asking the AI assistant what they should cook with the ingredients they have in front of them ... may also use the cameras to help with things like turn-by-turn directions. Those are some pretty underwhelming use-cases. I can't see the world beating a path to anyone's door for that. Even if you were so excited about these features that you were willing to overlook the privacy concerns, it seems like the phone you've already got would probably be just fine as a conduit for such services.
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@rmuk@feddit.uk 2026-05-08 21:52
Oh, brilliant! This is exactly what I wanted and directly solves so many problems and frustrations I have with the status quo! Thank goodness for such innovation! I feel seen! Edit: oops, that should say "I hope everyone involved in bringing this product to market gets given an STI by a hippopotamus". Silly autocorrect.
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@U7826391786239@piefed.zip 2026-05-08 11:43
every day brings another reason for me to just stay in my fucking room
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@lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 12:00
A solution in search of a problem
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@404found@lemmy.zip 2026-05-09 01:33
I can literally throw a rock outside and hit someone in the head wearing some type of headphones. There are tons of options out there. AirPods aren't impressive and Apple isn't focused on exciting their customers like they were a decade ago. My old Apple Watch died recently and I replaced it with another brand. Be loyal to Apple the same way they are loyal to you.
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@Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 2026-05-08 18:31
Ewwwww.
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@HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-08 18:18
Well atleast I know who to avoid once they are available.
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@vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-05-10 05:21
in-ear cameras. Didn't even have this on my bingo card
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@ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-08 11:52
I like AirPods (Pro) but this is a real no-go (for me). If this really gets pushed and in the stores, will not purchase them. I wish companies would just get away with AI and unnecessary crap like this.
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@kn33@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 15:57
Fuck. [Tom Scott was right.](https://youtu.be/jE2PP7EowdM?t=362)
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@kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 2026-05-08 15:10
Does no one at apple have long hair?
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@xSikes@feddit.online 2026-05-08 16:42
Hard pass and also don’t have $400 for shit that’s not going to hold a battery charge for long.
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@kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 11:36
No more using my headphones for masturbation. 😆
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@PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2026-05-08 12:20
A resolution low enough to be able to identify "ingredients they have in front of them". And they're also planning to launch smart glasses (read: spyglasses) and AI pendants (read: consumer bodycams), as to be able to compete with Meta and OpenAI (with regards to harvesting data without consent?) But I guess you first introduce them into one of your most widely-adopted wearable, where the high probability of people being spied on, isn't as obvious compared to relatively uncommon spyglasses or bodycams.
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@W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2026-05-08 23:04
Even if I wanted AI in my AirPods, how is this gonna work for people with long hair? This makes no sense.
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@DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 12:22
>The AirPods’ cameras “aren’t designed” to snap photos or video but instead can take in “visual information in low resolution” that users can query Siri about, like asking the AI assistant what they should cook with the ingredients they have in front of them, according to Gurman. They may also use the cameras to help with things like turn-by-turn directions. That doesn't sound "low-resolution" to me. Also, does anyone really trust them not to record the camera feed? It needs to be sent to the cloud for this thing to work, they're going to record it, and nothing is ever deleted. Just because the user isn't given the images, doesn't mean the video isnt' recorded.
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@devolution@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 23:34
No.
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@thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 2026-05-08 12:23
who's going to use this when it makes the battery life almost nothing? my ear buds are good enough but still only last for so long just listening over Bluetooth. two way conversation makes them drain even faster... two way plus video? come on!
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@paraphrand@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 16:23
People would enjoy these features. But they want it to happen without a camera, somehow. So they are supposedly verboten features. Never to be done.
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@Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-08 16:50
I want this in the same way I want a web browser on my toaster. So glad people like me finally getting our way.
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@IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2026-05-08 11:20
Pray for nukes.
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@vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-08 16:46
So now I have to stab every person wearing airpods if I don't want to be spied on by the Five Eyes intelligence agencies? Every day I'm thankful US tech is less and less popular outside the west.
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@goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org 2026-05-08 11:15
[@General\_Effort](https://lemmy.world/u/General_Effort) no
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@ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 2026-05-10 00:14
Everyone’s losing their shit over an additional sensor. Does everyone think their phone is constantly recording video because it has a camera on it, the same with the microphone? Laptops? Maybe if it was Meta? I don’t think Apple’s business model incentivises personally identifiable spying or keeping any recordings outside of their standard analytics and “improvements” model. They have been caught being pretty ham fisted with using third parties to process this data (eg. Siri recordings), so I wouldn’t put it past them for any of these anonymised recordings to fall into anyone’s hands really, but that’s why you can now turn them off. Which I would immediately do. I would never buy these anyway, and it sounds like a terrible idea, but some of this freaking out is giving them way too much credit.
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@Vittelius@feddit.org 2026-05-08 11:49
She's posting from Friendica. Ignore the @mention, that's just how that platform works