Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's demos of new smart glasses repeatedly failed, leading to awkward stares, deafening silences, and muted laughter.

Mr Zuckerberg has bet tens of billions of dollars on the so-called Metaverse, a blend of social media and virtual reality. The company’s experimental Reality Labs division has spent $100bn on the technology. Its products have included its Quest line of virtual reality headsets and AI-linked glasses.

But during the live demo, Zuckerberg ran into technical issues: the glasses stumbled trying to provide a barbecue recipe and failed to pick up a video call. The CEO blamed the bungles on the WiFi. “They tell us not to do live demos,” Zuckerberg remarked awkwardly, as the audience of Meta developers laughed along.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's AI glasses demos glitched twice at Connect 2025, prompting analyst Gene Munster to predict backlash while praising him for "doing it live."

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The chatbot-like tool called DeeperDive can converse with readers, summarize insights from its journalism, and suggest new content from across its sites. Its an effort to beat the AI industry at its own game.

Nearly every company, from startups to global enterprises, is piloting some kind of AI solution these days. Many organizations get caught in the thrill of early experimentation. They build a quick chatbot, automate a process or spin up a demo, then stall.

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