{
  "id": 14489626,
  "title": "Reform UK politician appears to use smart glasses as teleprompter during Senedd debate – video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/reform-uk-politician-appears-to-use-smart-glasses-as-teleprompter",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-14T14:57:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2026/oct/14/reform-uk-politician-appears-to-use-smart-glasses-as-teleprompter-during-senedd-debate-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jason O’Connell is suspected of having used smart glasses that turned his lenses into tiny teleprompters. 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…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/the-eyes-have-it-reform-politicians-smart-glasses-prompt-calls-for",
        "published": "2026-10-14T15:05:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}