Amazon delivery drivers will reportedly soon wear smart glasses that capture several thousand photos per shift for upload to an AI platform. Customers will have no opt-out, viewing, or deletion rights over the images.
There will reportedly be no way for customers to view images Amazon holds of them or their property or to request deletion.
Amazon’s systems will blur people and license plates before any human review.
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