Lorde says AI glasses are ‘not sexy’
TechCrunch AI Amanda Silberling
Lorde publicly criticized Meta's AI glasses during a performance at Madrid's Mad Cool Festival, calling them unattractive and urging people not to buy them due to privacy concerns. Ray-Ban Meta glasses sold more than 7 million units in 2025, more than triple the combined sales from 2023 and 2024. Despite widespread privacy worries and ongoing lawsuits against Meta, the product's strong sales have prompted the company to expand its smart glasses lineup.
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"Increasingly in our world, it gets harder and harder to know what is real," Lorde said onstage.
