Startups aren’t giving up on the thought of AI-powered pins, with the most recent machine from Plaud centered on only one process: taking notes.
A number of months in the past, firms like Humane and Rabbit launched their very own devices powered by generative AI. It’s in all probability too early to totally write off any of these firms or merchandise, however Humane’s Ai Pin, particularly, confronted scathing critiques. And extra broadly, none of those units have been sufficient of a success to show that that is going to be a brand new class that almost all customers truly care about.
So in that context, the truth that Plaud’s NotePin is targeted solely on note-taking could also be a disappointment, or it’d make the corporate’s guarantees appear extra plausible. You’ll be able to put on it as a necklace or a wristband, permitting you to document conferences and dictate notes to your self, and people recordings are then transcribed utilizing OpenAI’s GPT-4o.
On in the present day’s TechCrunch Minute, we speak concerning the promise of AI pins, the imaginative and prescient for Plaud’s NotePin and the corporate’s different merchandise.
