Artificial intelligence brooch pin ai Company Humanity It caused quite a stir when it was created previously. The release was eagerly awaited, but the company's promises were far from being fulfilled. “Stupidest thing ever“It was one of the unflattering reviews.
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A report in the New York Times (NYT) now shows this as well Concrete numbers About how bad things are for humanity. Until just the beginning of April approx 10,000 requests for the tool. A tenth of what was actually hoped for. $700 Pin due, plus a mandatory $24 per month for 4G connectivity.
Working principle
AI Pin is a type of attachable brooch that is worn at chest level and attached to clothing – for example to a shirt pocket. The device has no screen and only limited input options.
Most of the interaction occurs through… ApprovesBut the device has one too tourch Integrated that can display things on the palm of your hand. Aside from the fact that the operating concept does not work in practice, there were also Battery life And Built-in camera quality Criticize.
He wants to be worth more than a billion
Despite somewhat modest revenues of $7 million with the first wave of hardware sales (not including subscription revenue), Humane bills itself as a billion-dollar company. According to the New York Times, Human Rights Watch interviewed… HP About a potential acquisition of Who of $1.1 billion. This happened about a week after the first reviews appeared. However, there were no concrete negotiations at all; The discussions were only of an informal nature.
Humane previously raised around $240 million through several well-known players in Silicon Valley. Among the early investors is the head of OpenAI Sam Altman And President of Salesforce Marc Benioff. Another round of financing was recently planned that was intended to achieve the aforementioned billion-dollar valuation.
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Problems with competitors
The tool has become one of AI Pin's competing products Rabbit R1 Traded. This is also a small device designed to be interacted with primarily via voice and runs on artificial intelligence.
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However, things are not going well for the company behind it. Recently, serious allegations of fraud have emerged. Founder Jesse Liu It has repeatedly managed to make millions in investments with big promises without actually delivering any products. It is also linked to a highly questionable crypto project.
