Brisbane City Council bans the use of AI smart glasses and prohibits photography and filming at its public pools. The measure is aimed at preventing people from being secretly recorded without consent while using the council’s facilities.
The ABC reports the ban specifically targets AI-equipped glasses used to film people in pools. Other outlets, including The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, and Brisbane Times, describe the policy more broadly as extending to all photography and filming at council pools, citing the lord mayor’s statement that everyone has a right to feel safe and comfortable.
Across coverage, the context is that council is trialling AI-monitoring technology at pools. The differing emphasis lies in what is highlighted as the trigger: some focus on the AI smart glasses aspect, while others frame the response as a blanket restriction on filming. All accounts attribute the decision to privacy and safety concerns raised by the possibility of covert recording in shared public spaces.
