Back in November 2023, we wrote about an "AI pin" made by a company called Humane that owners would wear like a little Star Trek badge. The device could, in theory at least, provide AI-powered information on various topics, translate languages on fly, take photos, play music, and even work as a phone if you signed up for T-Mobile's monthly subscription package. But there's bad news for anyone who shelled out the $699 (eventually reduced to $499) price tag for one of these things: At the end of February, they're going to stop working.
Humane (via Kotaku) has announced that sales of the AI pin have been halted, and worse, after 12 pm PT on February 28—just over a week from today—the units will no longer be able to connect to Humane's servers. This means, in short, that AI pin features "will no longer include calling, messaging, AI queries/responses, or cloud access."
