Human AI Pin’s short, uneven trip is over. HP announced on Tuesday (February 18) that it acquired the business and absorbed some employees for $ 116 million. According to a report in Bloomberg, the human AI pine will be interrupted.
In a release of the acquisition, HP notes that it will “acquire key AI capacities from human, including their AI-driven platform cosmos, highly qualified technical talent and intellectual property with more than 300 patents and patent applications.” It does not mention hardware.
Humane AI was a fascinating portable AI computer device that arrived in November 2023. Instead of a screen, the device contained a camera to see your world and a small projector; You reached out your hand and could see small messages and information from the pin. You interacted with the platform through voice and movements. It sounded at the time like the future.
However, Human AI Pin ran due in April 2024, when the early adoptors delivered scary reviews. YouTube Giant Marques Brownlee called it “The worst product I’ve ever gone through … for now.” This conclusion and a collection of other horrible reviews sealed more or less fate. Well, that and problems with the dough clip that may have been a fire hazard. Even Techradar assessed one of the biggest tech flops from 2024.
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However, HP sounds more than impressed with the system’s AI capacities and plans to weave them (or some sort of them) throughout HP products. From the release: Humane’s Engineers “will help us create an intelligent ecosystem across all HP devices from AI -PCs to smart printers and connected conference rooms. This will unlock new levels of functionality for our customers and deliver the promises from AI. “
For HP, which has been relatively quiet on the AI innovation front, this acquisition can be a real blessing for its business. As for the Human AI team, they have nothing but praise for their new owners. In a release on the Humane Web site, Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri, co-founders of Humane, “We are happy to participate in HP at such an important moment in the industry and help shape the future of intelligent experiences,” said.
Human’s release also does not mention AI -Pin.
This is good news for human AI fans and obviously less good news for those who paid $ 699 for the pin. Maybe HP will offer them, discounts on whatever HP products end up with human AI.
