‚I don’t know what happened,‘ says a flustered Mark Zuckerberg after calling the company’s neural band tech a ‚huge scientific leap.‘
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It was a rough night for Meta after the company botched two onstage demos of its latest smart glasses at its annual Connect conference.
The idea behind the specs is that a live AI assistant can see what’s in front of the wearer and answer questions about it, allowing people to „stay present in the moment, while getting access to all these AI capabilities that make you smarter“, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
That’s hard to do with glitchy tech. The first flop happened when an Instagram influencer, shown on the stage via a video call, asked the AI to help him prepare a Korean sauce. Before the demo started, Zuckerberg noted the company is still working through some „major technology challenges“ regarding Live AI, particularly the ability to have access to it all day. To start, it’ll be available for only an hour or two at a time.
„Hey Meta, start Live AI“, the influencer says. The AI accurately determines he has ingredients and empty bowls in front of him, and is ready to start cooking. After some small talk, the influencer asks the AI how to make a Korean-inspired steak sauce. The AI begins talking and the influencer interjects with a more specific question, „What do I do first?“
The ability to interject and speak more fluidly to an AI, as someone would to a human, has been a focus of voice technology over the past two years.
