Google co-founder Sergey Brin mentioned he “made loads of errors with Google Glass” throughout an onstage interview at Google I/O 2025 on Tuesday. Brin was a shock addition to an interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis performed by Huge Expertise Podcast’s Alex Kantrowitz.
Brin went on to say he “didn’t know something about shopper digital provide chains,” or how tough it will be to construct sensible glasses at an inexpensive worth level. The Google co-founder famous he’s an enormous believer within the kind issue of sensible glasses, and mentioned he’s glad the corporate is pursuing them but once more, this time with “nice companions who’re serving to us construct this.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Google unveiled its newest effort to develop Android XR sensible glasses, roughly a decade after the Google Glass venture shut down. Onstage, Google leaders showcased how their sensible glasses, powered by DeepMind’s Challenge Astra, may help with reside translations, instructions, and usually AI queries.
To develop Android XR glasses with AI and AR capabilities, Google is working with a community of companions, comparable to Samsung and Xreal. Google can also be investing as much as $150 million in a partnership with Warby Parker, and taking an fairness stake within the eyewear firm, to help its sensible glasses efforts. As Brin referenced, these skilled eyewear and electronics makers could possibly assist with a number of the provide chain issues related to producing sensible glasses.
Brin famous how the appearance of generative AI makes the capabilities of sensible glasses far more tangible than when Google Glass was round.
Earlier within the interview, Brin acknowledged how he’s successfully come out of retirement to work on Google’s Gemini efforts. The Google co-founder says he’s within the Mountain View, California workplace almost day-after-day, and says he’s serving to the Gemini group with multimodal tasks, comparable to Google’s video-generating mannequin Veo 3.
“Anyone who’s a pc scientist shouldn’t be retired proper now,” mentioned Brin. “They need to be engaged on AI.”
Earlier reviews have urged that Brin has pushed Google’s Gemini groups fairly aggressively to compete within the AI race. Reportedly, Brin advised Google workers in a memo they need to be within the workplace at the least each weekday, and that working 60 hours per week is probably going the candy spot for productiveness.