GoKawiilAmazon's delivery smart glasses will capture thousands of images per driver shift, Bloomberg reports
Bloomberg reports that Amazon's new smart glasses for delivery drivers will take several thousand photos during a typical shift, feeding them into Amazon's AI Wellspring platform. Amazon executive Viraj Chatterjee said faces and license plates will be blurred before human review, but confirmed the company hasn't considered letting customers opt out, and images could be obtained with a warrant. Amazon plans to deploy 20,000 more pairs of the glasses by the end of 2027, after a pilot program that has logged over 275,000 deliveries.
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The near-constant photo capture raises privacy questions for bystanders and property owners who never consented to being recorded, especially since Amazon has no stated policy for retention limits, customer access, or deletion requests. Amazon's driver-facing AI cameras have already drawn complaints over inaccurate readings and leaked footage, suggesting similar friction could follow with the glasses. The warrant provision indicates Amazon anticipates law enforcement interest in this imagery, which could position the glasses as a de facto surveillance network even if that isn't the company's stated intent.
- Amazon's delivery smart glasses may snap thousands of photos per shift, feeding an AI platform called Wellspring.
- Amazon says faces and license plates will be blurred, but has no opt-out plan for customers and hasn't detailed data retention.
- Images could be obtained via warrant, and Amazon plans to expand the glasses to 20,000 more drivers by 2027.
Source: theverge.com — Stevie Bonifield, 2026-09-30
Published there as: “Amazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’”
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