A year and a half after the presentation of the US company Human’s smartphone optional AI PIN, the ambitious project failed: HP start-up and most of the employees will take for $ 116 million, while the business area is closed behind AI PIN. In HP, the aims of the handled team aims to integrate AI technology into the in-house device portfolio. He goes out A message from human And reports of American media. All AI PINs will work till 28 February, then reach the server. Personal data will be removed, so it must be protected in advanceThe equipment is no longer available.
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The AI ​​PIN available since April was for less than a year. The device is approximately $ 700-hawk box, which is connected to clothing using a magnet. The holder also has a battery. The AI-supported smartphone option is controlled by language and gestures, the material is offered on the palm of the hand by the laser projector. Like the Communicator of the Star Trek, the device was able to provide access to information as available everywhere and could also take photos on the call. The AI ​​PIN was sold only with a monthly membership for $ 24, covering the required mobile phone costs among other things.
After the first highly negative tests of the device, the fact that AI PIN did not represent the promised smartphone option. It was criticized that the device, who reached the chatgate, did not work firmly and often took a long time to respond to the inquiry. In many cases, the information released was only wrong, the videos recorded were of no good quality. In addition, the device is heated at a fee at a fee. In late summer, it became known that more AI PINs were already back than sold. At that time, speculation was already estimated to HP about potential sales.
Human was established by two former Apple Managers. Imran Chaudhary and his wife Bethani were involved in the development of Bongorno iPad. For Human, he gave a big goal to constantly interact with unnecessary thanks to the screen for AI. Your device could not redeem it. For example, the popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee, AI is called the worst product he had ever tested. As a result, both quickly searched for a buyer for their start-ups and wanted to be up to a billion US dollars. DPA writes, Human had collected around $ 230 million from investors for development. HP has now paid less than half.
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