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Covid-era whiz kid is back, and he brought a Friend — a wearable, always listening, $99 AI companion

This isn’t a joke, though it almost seems like one. It uses Llama 3.1, and supposedly the conversation data stays on the device and gets forgotten over time (through what the founder calls a rolling “context window”).

The implementation is interesting, and you can see the founder talking about earlier prototypes and project goals in interviews from several months ago.

iOS only, for now.

randon31415 ,

$99? I just ordered the parts for $50 (including shipping and handling and a 100 count on/off switches of which I only need one)

Also confused why they say it is “always on” if it has an off switch. A TV can be always on until you turn it off. Once I build it, I’ll see what can be switched around - I am hoping to get something like the superbooga extension for oobabooga (RAG vetorization of documents) working with the transcripts.

Was a bit worried about Whisper STT, but I think it is the open source on device one, not the runs on OpenAI servers version.

mosiacmango ,

You’re a champion. Post it up here when you get it rolling.

Rolando ,

Wait, is this the same thing we were ridiculing over on 196? lemmy.world/post/18120973

Sanctus ,
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I actually cant talk shit about this one. So far seems to be what you’d want for the data side. All on device. No subscription. It does come off as weird and still is probably a bad idea to receive advice. But at 99 bucks its gotta be one of the cheapest AI device from a startup so far. I won’t get one, but I dont absolutely hate it.

Angry_Autist ,

All-on-device AIs that could run on an iPhone would be terrible. Its sending tokens somewhere I guaran-fucking-tee.

Aatube ,

false advertising law: hello?

Anyone can test if it's sending with a firewall. If it's not connected to the internet, it ain't sending. Don't forget that iPhone chips have been the Moore's law executors.

Angry_Autist ,

Do you even have a slight idea how processing intense even 5 year old LLM models are?

And iPhones aren’t magically immune to thermodynamic.

Warl0k3 ,

LMFAO. The audacity of calling the token limit a “rolling context window” like it’s a desirable feature and not just a design aspect of every LLM…

hoshikarakitaridia ,
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Yeah that part tripped me up.

“Rolling context window”? You mean one of the universal properties of LLMs in it’s current state? The one that is so big for Google’s latest AI endeavors that they are flexing with it?

It’s hilarious to say that’s a privacy feature. It’s like calling amnesia a learning opportunity.

These claims make me think this is worse than the R1 rabbit or whatever it’s called. Although it’s very difficult to be worse, considering the CEO turned out to be a full-on crypto scammer.

Telorand OP ,

I will be waiting for the tech YouTubers and early adopters to render their judgement before I even consider yet another AI wearable, but this aims to be less of a personal assistant and more of a “Tamagotchi.”

Clusterfck ,

I think that’s what sets this one apart (and makes it less expensive) from the other devices like this. This thing only needs a mic, an LLM and a Bluetooth radio. It won’t search the whole internet for answers or tell you what you’re looking at, but it will talk shit on that bitch Tonya in accounting with you.

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