
The once promising Humane AI Pin turned out to be a bust. The device is officially dead, and HP has claimed all the juiciest assets. So, are AI pins another flash-in-the-pan product category, or are we still simply in the verticals’ infancy?
I just finished covering Mobile World Congress 2026 (MWC), the EU’s biggest tech show, where I saw one of the more promising new ‘personal AI wearables’ to launch since the demise of the lauded Humane AI Pin. Despite it being under glass, the Snapdragon processor-sporting Looki L1 officially gives me hope for the future of AI pins.