Jason O’Connell is suspected of having used smart glasses that turned his lenses into tiny teleprompters.
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Periodic flashing in his spectacles could be seen as the Senedd member for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr spoke for five minutes without a glance at his notes on 30 September.
In the following days, other Welsh assembly members said the issue of smart glasses – popularised by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta – needed to be dealt with at pace, with explicit guidance about their use developed. There is no suggestion O’Connell’s glasses were recording
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