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title: "Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’"
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description: "Singer Lorde criticized AI smart glasses, specifically targeting Ray-Ban Meta collaboration, during her performance at the Real Cool Festival in Madrid. She expressed discomfort with the technology's impact on social authenticity, stating it is increasingly difficult to distinguish reality from artificiality and describing the glasses negatively."
datetime: "2026-07-12T20:15:49.000Z"
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# Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’

Lorde performing at the 2026 Governors Ball. | Photo: Siegfried Anthony/Billboard via Getty Images

Lorde was performing at the Real Cool Festival in Madrid on Thursday and took some time during her set to speak out against AI glasses. While she didn't specify any brands in particular, it's likely she was taking a shot at festival sponsor Ray-Ban, which has collaborated with Meta on a pair of AI smartglasses.

The comments were captured in videos shared to social media. After thanking the crowd for being there and taking part in "something real," she said that it was increasingly hard to know is and isn't real, before saying "You don't know if someone is wearing sunglasses or if they're wearing those fucked up fucking… Can I just say, for …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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