Apple has been working on a lot of AI products lately, and it looks like one of them might be closer to your ears than you’d expect. According to a new Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman , the company’s camera-equipped AirPods have entered the design validation testing stage of development. Prototypes now have a near-final design and feature set, which is a significant step toward production for what could become the AirPods Ultra cameras, Apple’s first real shot at an AI wearable. Both earbuds will have a camera built into each stem. The stems will be slightly longer than the current AirPods Pro 3 to make room, though the overall look stays pretty similar. A small LED will light up when the earbuds are sending visual data to the cloud. The cameras won’t take photos or video. They’re purely there to act as eyes for Siri, feeding low-resolution environmental data so you can point your gaze at something and ask a question about it.…