This week's Meta Connect smart glasses event was, let's admit it, a little cringeworthy. Or at least I cringed when two of Meta's live demos epically failed. (A third live demo took some time but eventually worked.)

During the event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg blamed it on the Wi-Fi connection. Now we know what actually happened. Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth addressed each of the live demos in an Instagram AMA (ask me anything) session on Thursday.

Let's start with the first demo fail. Special guest chef Jack Mancuso, wearing the new Meta Ray-Bans Gen 2, was supposed to show off how the new Live AI feature could process the ingredients on the table, then give him a step-by-step guide to making a "Korean-inspired steak sauce" recipe.

Things went wrong immediately. The Live AI

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