{"id":22389,"date":"2026-06-26T09:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/china-keeps-an-eye-on-ai-smart-glasses-as-privacy-concerns-come-into-focus\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:29:44","slug":"china-keeps-an-eye-on-ai-smart-glasses-as-privacy-concerns-come-into-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/china-keeps-an-eye-on-ai-smart-glasses-as-privacy-concerns-come-into-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"China keeps an eye on AI smart glasses as privacy concerns come into focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China has introduced the industry&rsquo;s first code of conduct for artificial intelligence smart glasses after public outrage over users covertly filming strangers with the increasingly popular devices.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The voluntary code calls on smart eyewear manufacturers to adopt a &ldquo;minimum data collection&rdquo; approach, provide clear indicators when cameras or microphones are active, and obtain explicit user consent before recording.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The guidelines were released on Thursday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a research institute under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The move follows mounting public concern over recent incidents involving smart glasses made by Hangzhou-based tech company Rokid. Videos posted on Rokid&rsquo;s online user forum showed unsuspecting members of the public being secretly filmed on subway trains, in parks, on beaches and in shopping malls.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">One widely shared clip showed a flight attendant greeting passengers and serving meals, apparently unaware that she was being recorded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Hangzhou-based Rokid recently came under scrutiny after videos emerged showing users covertly recording strangers with its smart glasses. Photo: Wency Chen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Rokid did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday. Earlier this month, the company removed some of the videos and blocked the accounts responsible for uploading them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>China keeps an eye on AI smart glasses as privacy concerns come into focus<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has introduced the industry&rsquo;s first code of conduct for artificial intelligence smart glasses after public outrage over users covertly filming strangers with the increasingly popular devices. The voluntary code calls on smart eyewear manufacturers to adopt a &ldquo;minimum data collection&rdquo; approach, provide clear indicators when cameras or microphones are active, and obtain explicit user&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/china-keeps-an-eye-on-ai-smart-glasses-as-privacy-concerns-come-into-focus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;China keeps an eye on AI smart glasses as privacy concerns come into focus&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}