Amazon's delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos 'almost constantly'
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β’2026-09-30T13:21:29-04:00
π° What Happened
Amazon is giving delivery drivers smart glasses that take photos during their shifts. Bloomberg reports the glasses can snap thousands of pictures in a single shift. Amazon plans to upload them to its AI platform, Wellspring. An Amazon leader told Bloomberg the company had not thought about letting customers opt out. Amazon says it blurs faces and licence plates before human review.
π The Backstory
Amazon drivers already face AI cameras inside their vans. Some drivers say the cameras wrongly flag seat belts or force them to pull over. Footage from those cameras has leaked online before. Amazon plans to put 20,000 more pairs of glasses in the field by the end of 2027. Drivers in a pilot program have already made over 275,000 deliveries.
π― Why It Matters
Delivery drivers and the people they pass may be filmed without choosing it. It raises real questions about privacy in everyday life.
Amazon is giving delivery drivers smart glasses that take photos during their shifts. Bloomberg reports the glasses can snap thousands of pictures in a single shift. Amazon plans to upload them to its AI platform, Wellspring. An Amazon leader told Bloomberg the company had not thought about letting customers opt out. Amazon says it blurs faces and licence plates before human review.
Amazon drivers already face AI cameras inside their vans. Some drivers say the cameras wrongly flag seat belts or force them to pull over. Footage from those cameras has leaked online before. Amazon plans to put 20,000 more pairs of glasses in the field by the end of 2027. Drivers in a pilot program have already made over 275,000 deliveries.
Delivery drivers and the people they pass may be filmed without choosing it. It raises real questions about privacy in everyday life.