When AI films and analyses every minute of your life

Lorenz Keller

23.12.2025

Translation: machine translated

AI is one of the central topics at the CES tech fair in January. A bodycam for private individuals shows what is to come in terms of intelligent surveillance.

Technically, Looki L1 is fascinating, but in terms of data protection and privacy, the AI gadget is a nightmare. Looki L1 is a 32 grammes lightweight camera that costs 200 dollars. It is hung around the neck or magnetically attached to clothing.

The gadget works like a bodycam and can record short videos or photos every 30 seconds for 12 hours and store them on the internal 32 GB memory. As nobody wants to look through so much footage, artificial intelligence comes into play.

AI analyses the data and categorises all recordings. You can now automatically play small vlogs with the highlights of the day or search the database via a ChatGPT-style interface.

When did I drink my first coffee? How long did I go jogging? What's the name of the café I went to last Tuesday? Looki L1 knows all this thanks to the recordings. Your own life becomes searchable.

Privacy yes - but not for others

Everyone and everyone films everything that appears on camera all day long. This is how the Canadian start-up envisions the future. The videos compiled by the AI are shared on social media at the click of a button - including involuntary protagonists.

The company does endeavour to protect the privacy of its paying customers. The data is transmitted in encrypted form and stored on Amazon's cloud servers. According to the privacy policy, the supplier of the AI solution, OpenAI, is not allowed to train any models with the personal videos.

However, the start-up from Canada also states that the following parties may be granted access: «Law enforcement agencies, government agencies and private parties to the extent we believe, in good faith, that it is necessary or appropriate to fulfil the compliance and protection purposes described above.»

The responsibility for what happens to the video material, what is posted where and who else is given access is left entirely to the customer. Their own privacy may be protected to some extent - but not that of others.

Looki L1 is already available to order and will celebrate its big premiere at the CES tech trade fair in Las Vegas in January 2026. And it is unlikely to be the only AI gadget that collects and automatically analyses huge amounts of data. What is both fascinating and frightening is that this is now also possible for private individuals with a small budget. The social and ethical debate on this topic is lagging behind technical developments.

What do you think of AI gadgets like this? Do we need more regulations? Let us know in the comments.

Lorenz Keller

Senior Editor

Lorenz.Keller@digitecgalaxus.ch

Gadgets are my passion - whether you need them for the home office, for the household, for sport and pleasure or for the smart home. Or, of course, for the big hobby next to the family, namely fishing.

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