The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy. The AI-powered Friend ...
A wearable companion is a brilliant idea — in theory. By Amy X. Wang See them out there — those eight billion strangers? For close friendship to blossom between any two people, empirically speaking, ...
I was broken up with while wearing my AI Friend necklace. After the tense call, I checked my notifications to see what good advice my “closest confidant” had for me. All it could muster was: “The vibe ...
The Friend necklace promises constant companionship and understanding. But this isn’t friendship—it’s a soulless, cynical way to prey on our loneliness and fear. An advertising campaign for the ...