AI GLASSES CRACKDOWN: Norway Demands Rules for Bystander Recording...

Norway is proposing the first major government crackdown on AI glasses, moving to temporarily ban them from parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens while drafting permanent rules. Digitalization Minister Torgeir Micaelsen cited fears that wearable cameras enable recording people without consent, particularly children and women in vulnerable settings like changing rooms. The ban follows similar moves by Oslo schools and Norway's largest company, Equinor, which restricted the devices independently. Meta, Google, and OpenAI view smart glasses as the future of consumer AI interaction, but the technology has triggered global pushback on privacy grounds—with Australia also considering restrictions and courtrooms in multiple countries already banning them.