The Humane Ai Pin Will Become E-Waste Next Week

The story of the infamous Humane Ai Pin is coming to an end. This week, the company announced that HP—known for its computers and printers that always seem to need a refill—will acquire several assets from Humane in a $116 million deal expected to close at the end of the month. HP will get more than 300 patents and patent applications, a few Humane employees—including founders Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno—and Humane's Cosmos operating system. Late in 2024, Humane looked to license this operating system so that third parties could inject the AI voice assistant into other products, like cars. However, nothing materialized. Humane became Silicon Valley's “next big thing” in late 2023 when it unveiled its AI wearable, equipped with a ChatGPT-powered assistant and a laser-projected display, that promised to replace your smartphone. But when reviews arrived at launch in 2024—you can read ours here—it was panned. The issues were seemingly endless: It frequently overheated; the AI ha ... Read full article.