What Should An AI Device Look Like? — With Alex Himel

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Alex Himel is Meta’s VP of Wearables. Himel joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the future of AI wearables and why Meta believes glasses could become the next major computing platform. Tune in to hear how AI assistants might help with daily tasks, meetings, reminders, fitness, photos, and real-world context without pulling people out of the moment. We also cover the competition from OpenAI, Google, Apple, and Amazon; the privacy questions around facial recognition; on-device AI; and the story of how Mark Zuckerberg pushed Meta to turn Ray-Ban glasses into an AI product. Hit play for a sharp look at whether smart glasses are finally ready to break through, and what they could mean for the future of personal AI. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What does the future AI device or devices look like?
0:03.7	Let's talk about it with the head of wearables at Meta right after this.
0:07.7	I'm just back from ServiceNow's Knowledge, 2026 in Las Vegas,
0:11.1	and the conversations I had there are ones you're going to want to hear.
0:14.2	I sat down with their president and CPO Amit Zaveri on the platform strategy powering enterprise AI,
0:20.3	chief people and AI
0:21.2	Enablement Officer Jackie Canney, and Chief Digital Information Officer Kelly Romack, on what AI
0:26.9	really means for the workforce, the technical leaders behind Service Now's
0:30.5	Nvidia partnership on shipping AI at scale and Ulta Beauty on deploying Service Now's
0:35.6	technology across 1,300 stores.
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0:42.5	you can find these videos on my YouTube channel. Search Alex Cantorowitz on YouTube.
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