THE DAY THE Humane Ai Pin died, it was also reborn. Or at least, there was hope.
On February 28, shortly after noon Pacific time, Humane switched off its servers supporting its contentious Ai Pin—essentially bricking a $700 devicethat was less than a year old. Minutes later, in a Discord voice chatroom labeled “The death of Ai Pin,” one member of a band of dedicated hackers, determined to keep their Pins alive, let the rest of the group in on a secret. He had the codes they needed to get through Humane’s authentication.
Humane’s gadget has been the poster child of AI-enhanced hardware disappointments. The cute, clippable device was meant to hang on a lapel or shirt pocket and let you carry out many of the functions you’d find in a phone—take pictures, display text messages, and order around an AI chatbot, all with some added pizazz in the form of Humane’s promised holographic laser displays.
Source: The Humane Ai Pin Has Already Been Brought Back to Life