The Humane AI Pin is Here! So is Everything You Need to Know

What is the Humane AI Pin?

Inspirational startup Humane and Multinational tech innovator Qualcomm Technologies have marked the future of AI for humanity by creating the Humane AI Pin, a standalone wearable device that uses sensors to contextualize the way you interact with the world, turning complex queries into personalized output that can do things like:

• Translate what you say into any other language using your very voice.
• Tell you whether what you are about to eat is safe given your diet preferences or health conditions.
• Allows you to answer calls that you receive from the palm of your hand without using a cell phone.

“We are excited to reveal our first device will be called the Humane Ai Pin”, say co-founders of Humane, Imran Chaudhri, and Bethany Bongiorno. “Our Ai Pin presents an opportunity for people to take AI with them everywhere and to unlock a new era of personal mobile computing which is seamless, screenless, and sensing.”

The Device is Standalone and Has a “Trust Light”

The device is standalone, meaning there is no need to pair it with any other devices. It uses sensors that enable it to pick up on everything you see and hear so that when you ask it something, it fully understands the context of your question.

It also uses a built-in depth sensor to project itself into any given surface, like the palm of a hand.

To ebb privacy concerns, when the AI Pin’s camera, microphone, or sensors are recording data, a light on the device known as the “Trust Light” shines yellow. This shows that the device is active in collecting input and data around it.

The device will run on a mix of custom software and ChatGPT-4.

Humane AI Pin Price

The Humane AI Pin will cost $699 USD. The device is meant to integrate data, storage, and AI models into a device that—if lives up to its intent—replaces mobile phones. For this reason, the Humane AI Pin will also require a subscription fee of $24 per month that consists of cellular data and a mobile number.

In September 2023, the Humane AI Pin was showcased at the Paris Fashion Week, presenting the device in both white and black colours.

Humane AI Pin Release Date and Shipping

Humane wanted the release of the pin to be on the same date as the solar eclipse on October 14. However, the release date was moved to November 16, 2023.

Preorders for the AI pin will begin shipping out in March 2024 on a first come first serve basis. Those who purchased priority access orders will recieve their pins first.

Humane AI Pin TED Talk

In the Humane AI Pin TED talk, Imran Chaudhri can be seen answering a call from his wife by intending to do so. His “hello” starts the conversation, and his “bye” ends it.

The Humane AI Pin was also shown to recognize objects around it and even pick up on the nutritional profile of food packaging. In the TED talk showcasing the Humane AI Pin, Imran Chaudhri can also be seen asking the AI whether he can eat a chocolate bar that he pulled out of his pocket.

“A milky bar contains cocoa butter”, replied the AI. “Given your intolerance, you may want to avoid it.”

“Why fumble for your phone, when you can just hold an object, and ask questions about it?” Further states Imran Chaudhri, co-founder of Humane and inventor of Apple iPhone’s user interface. “The result almost feels like the whole world is your operating system.”

What Does the Humane AI Pin Do?

An incredible thing about this device is that when the AI Pin is asked something, the manner in which you ask it does not need to be specific, yet the response you get is specific to what is happening in your life.

In the Humane AI Pin TED talk, Imran asked his AI Pin to update him on what he had missed, and every piece of data that the AI Pin gathered, from texts to emails, allowed the pin to generate the sort of response that a human would give if it were your personal assistance.

AI can sift through massive amounts of data very quickly, and this ability is now being used to restore coral reefs and remove pesticides from food, and now with the Human AI Pin, artificial intelligence seems to create a form of personalized assistant for people.

It doesn’t just tell you your emails; it contextualizes them.

How is This Device So Different from Other Technology?

A machine would read your emails the way they are written; a true AI is quite different. Instead of reading your emails out loud, it tells you exactly what your emails are saying in the own words of the AI—words that might be hard to predict.

Sound familiar?

It should, because human intelligence is like this too, and like AI, that intelligence is only limited to what humans can learn; the difference, however, is that an AI can learn much quicker.

If you ask Humane, the future of AI means the disappearance of the computer screen. While looking at the history of technology, devices get smaller as tech becomes more refined, and the smaller devices get, the more personalized they become.

Our brains are the most personal things each of us has, yet we can’t see them by ourselves; in fact, we don’t physically see our thoughts, but we can reveal them in ways that are physical.

Think of this: Imran Chaudhri’s thoughts were to have the technology that is behind the screen reveal information without you physically being able to see the screen itself, much like our brains.

Is the Humane AI Pin the Future of Technology?

If the smallest thing that can possibly answer a phone call is currently a watch, and technology is continually advancing, then the next steps are an ambient technology—like the Humane AI Pin— and eventually an integrated one—like Elon Musk’s Neuralink.

But while the prospect of having a chip implanted in the brain is an uneasy one for many to swallow, the Human AI Pin may be something that even skeptics are able to get behind.

CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman says that AI is underestimated, and in the Ted Talk, Imran Chaudhri adds, “so long as we get it right.”

If Humane does indeed get this right, it would be yet another story of human endeavour that goes on to show that a revealed thought, no matter how far-off it may sound at first, can become a reality.

So, if you are ever feeling like you can’t achieve something incredible in your life, then that is indeed a motivational thought.

And if the questions that we ask set us on the path of the answers we seek, then we can’t wait to see the kinds of solutions that the Humane AI Pin can offer after it is asked questions.