Are Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses the Future of Face Computers?

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Mixed-reality devices like Apple’s Vision Pro and the Meta Quest 3 make the pitch that the future of computing is in devices that bring the user into the internet. But WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern says that the real future of this technology is in more streamlined devices like Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses. Plus, Oreo-maker Mondelez is using artificial intelligence tools to create new recipes. We explain how and what that means for the grocery store snack aisle. Danny Lewis hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon Q Business is the generative AI assistant from AWS, because business can be slow, like waiting through mud.
0:07.4	But Amazon Q helps streamline work so tasks like summarizing monthly results can be done in no time.
0:12.7	Learn what Amazon Q business can do for you at AWS.com slash learn more.
0:22.6	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:24.6	It's Friday, December 20th.
0:26.7	I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal.
0:31.6	Oreos and Chips Ahoi may not be the first things that come to mind when you hear the words artificial intelligence.
0:33.7	But snack behemoth Mondalise, which owns the popular cookie brands, is turning to AI tools
0:39.2	to speed up the creation of new recipes.
0:42.1	Just ahead, we'll hear how, and what this means for your supermarket snack aisle.
0:46.8	And later, is the real future of face computers lower tech than Apple's Vision Pro or the
0:52.7	MetaQuest 3 headset?
0:54.7	WSJ Senior Personal Tech columnist Joanna Stern joins us to explain
0:58.7	why meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses may be the forerunners to a mixed reality future.
1:05.7	But first, Mondalese International is the giant behind snacks like Sour Patch Kids, Ritz Crackers, and Cliffbars.
1:13.8	And now, Mondalise has built a generative AI tool to help its food scientists come up with new products and tweak recipes faster than ever before.
1:22.8	WSJ reporter Isabel Busquette has been following this, and she joins us now with more.
1:27.5	So, Isabel, is AI coming for Oreos?
1:30.6	AI is here for Oreos. It's already happening, and you don't even know.
1:34.4	I didn't realize this, but actually, the recipe for snacks like Oreos and Chips Ahoi and Ritz
1:40.9	crackers, it's changed several times over the years and it continues to change.
1:45.7	Companies like Mondalese continue to iterate on it. And then in addition to that, they are also
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