The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster
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guardianTech
October 14, 2026 · 08:05
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Jason O’Connell’s suspected use of the specs to aid his speech in the Senedd reignites debate over the AI-enabled devicesIt was a flowing speech packed full of precise statistics – but Jason O’Connell, a Reform UK Senedd member, was not quite the gifted orator he had first appeared. The periodic flashing in his spectacles seemed to give the game away as he spoke for five minutes in the Senedd chamber without a glance at his notes.“Cardiff reviewed 192 roads, following 933 requests, and only four routes have returned to 30mph,” he said as he led the party’s charge to abolish 20mph traffic zones. “£38.3m wasted to implement this policy and up to £8.9bn in an act of economic self-harm.” Continue reading...
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