I’m sick of hearing about AI, but I’ve actually found an AI assistant I like — and it’s not ChatGPT or Gemini

The plaud notepin, an AI dictaphone, in silver. it's a pill shaped device at just 2 inches long and can be worn as a watch, necklace, clip, or pin thanks to the magnetic panel.

Yes, it’s an AI-powered dictaphone, but still a dictaphone. It’s pretty unique and very good at what it does.

The Plaud NotePin only excels with the cellphone app ‘Plaud’. This app is the heart of the NotePin; it houses the AI that takes the NotePin from microphone to AI assistant. Not only does the Plaud app have a huge range of preset prompts, ranging from ‘lecture’, to ‘mind map’, to no-frills transcription, but users can also customize prompts.