Humane AI Pin CEO Shows Us What It Can Do

Summary

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Humane introduces the AI Pin, a revolutionary wearable device that brings AI assistance into everyday life. Unlike traditional gadgets, the AI Pin is a compact, square device equipped with a touchpad, voice interaction, and gesture controls, designed to keep users connected and present in the moment. It can convert currencies, translate over 50 languages, and even project information onto the user's palm using a first-of-its-kind laser display, called Laser Ink. Standalone and phone-independent, it offers unlimited talk, text, data, and AI queries for a monthly subscription. The AI Pin, now on sale in the US, promises to enhance with new features over time, making technology more integrated and intuitive.

Takeaways

• 😊 The Humane AI Pin is a new wearable computer focused on AI assistance
• 📱 It allows you to have an AI expert with you at all times to answer questions and provide help
• 🗣️ You can interact with it through voice, touch gestures, or a laser display projected on your palm
• 🌎 It can translate over 50 languages, both speaking and understanding conversations
• 😮 The laser display appears when you need visual output and disappears when not needed
• 🤳 It has its own phone number for making calls and sending messages
• 🎉 The AI summarizes messages and crafts responses to simplify communication
• 🔋 The $699 device has a $24/month subscription for connectivity, storage, queries
• 🇺🇸 It's currently only on sale in the US, directly from Humane
• 👩‍💻 New features will be added over time to make the AI Pin get even smarter

Q & A

What kind of device is the Humane AI pin?

The Humane AI pin is a new kind of wearable computer that allows people to have an AI assistant with them at all times.

How do you interact with the Humane AI pin?

You can interact with the Humane AI pin using voice commands, touch gestures on the touchpad, or hand gestures that are detected by the device's cameras.

What languages can the Humane AI pin translate to and from?

The Humane AI pin can translate to and from over 50 languages, both for speech translation and text translation.

What is the Laser Ink display on the Humane AI pin?

The Laser Ink display is a laser projector that projects information onto the user's palm. It appears when needed and disappears when not in use.

Can the Humane AI pin make phone calls?

Yes, the Humane AI pin has its own phone number so it can make and receive phone calls independently without needing a smartphone.

How does the Humane AI pin help craft messages?

The AI assistant in the Humane pin can craft and summarize messages for you using natural language generation. This saves you time composing messages.

Where is the Humane AI pin available for purchase?

As of March 2024, the Humane AI pin is available for purchase in the US only, either directly from Humane.com or through their website.

What is included in the Humane AI pin subscription service?

The $24/month subscription includes unlimited talk, text, and data, storage for photos and videos, as well as unlimited use of the AI assistant.

How will the capabilities of the Humane AI pin improve over time?

The company plans to continuously roll out software updates that give the Humane AI pin new features and capabilities over time.

What is the vision for the future of the Humane AI pin?

The vision is for the Humane AI pin to gain more features over time and become available internationally beyond just the US market.

Outlines

00:00

😊 Introducing the Humane AI Pin - A Wearable AI Assistant

Paragraph 1 introduces the Humane AI Pin, a new wearable computer in the form of a pin that serves as an AI assistant you can take with you anywhere. It allows you to stay connected and get help from the AI via voice, touch gestures. Key features highlighted include translation, converting currencies, finding nearby places, laser display on palm, stand-alone device with own phone number for making calls/messages.

05:01

🛍️ Pricing, Availability and Future Plans for the Humane AI Pin

Paragraph 2 discusses pricing, availability and future plans for the Humane AI Pin. It costs $6.99 upfront plus $24 monthly subscription fee and is currently only available in the US. The subscription includes network connection, storage, unlimited queries. Future plans involve adding more features over time and expanding internationally after meeting with players at Mobile World Congress.

Keywords

💡AI pin

The AI pin is the main product being featured in the video. It is a small wearable computer in the shape of a pin that allows the user to interact with an AI assistant. It can understand voice commands, display information on the user's palm using a laser projector, translate languages, answer questions, make calls and more.

💡laser display

The AI pin has a built-in laser projector called 'Laser Ink' that can display information directly onto the palm of the user's hand. This allows the user to get visual information from the AI assistant discretely without having to look at an external screen.

💡multimodal interaction

The AI pin allows multimodal interaction, meaning the user can interact with it in multiple ways - using voice, touch gestures, and by raising their palm to view the laser display. The system automatically detects and adapts to the mode the user wants to interact in.

💡AI assistant

The core function of the AI pin is to serve as an 'AI assistant' and expert that helps the user with various tasks. It can answer questions, provide recommendations, translate languages in real-time conversations, make phone calls, schedule meetings and much more.

💡contextual awareness

The AI pin automatically updates based on the user's context and location. For example, if the user lands in Tokyo, it will set the default language to Japanese without needing to be explicitly told.

💡privacy

A key benefit highlighted is that the AI pin allows users to access information and AI capabilities without having to constantly check a phone screen. This promotes living 'in the moment' with more privacy.

💡wearable technology

The AI pin represents an advancement in wearable technology, allowing powerful AI assistance to be accessed easily from a small wearable device in the form of a pin.

💡subscription model

The AI pin is sold for $699 USD plus a $24 monthly subscription. The subscription includes unlimited use of the AI assistant, unlimited talk/text/data through the Humane network and unlimited photo/video storage.

💡continuous improvement

The company emphasizes that the AI pin will continue to get smarter and more capable over time with ongoing software updates that add new features.

💡global launch plans

While launching first in the US, the company indicates plans to continue meeting with global players at events like Mobile World Congress to eventually launch the AI pin in more countries.

Highlights

Introduction to the Humane AI pin at MWC, a new type of wearable computer.

The AI pin is designed to be interacted with through voice, touchpad, or gestures.

It functions as a phone and AI expert/assistant while promoting presence in the moment.

Capabilities include currency conversion, language translation, and local recommendations.

The AI pin automatically updates and sets default languages based on the user's location.

Features a first-of-its-kind laser display called Laser ink for visual interactions.

The laser projector can display information on the palm of the hand using a time-of-flight camera.

Designed for seamless multimodal interactions, allowing users to switch between voice and visual displays.

Standalone device with its own phone number, capable of sending messages and making phone calls.

Utilizes AI to craft messages with specified tones or styles, such as humor or Shakespearean language.

Summarizes incoming messages for quick catch-ups.

Priced at $699 with a $24 monthly subscription that includes network connection, unlimited talk, text, data, and AI queries.

The subscription also covers storage for photos and videos, encouraging living in the moment without screens.

Future plans include adding more features and expanding internationally.

Available for purchase directly from the Humane website.

Transcripts

[Music]

here at mwc we've seen AI in all kinds

of things from Cars to phones but you're

not showing us either of those things

you're showing us a pin so what's that

about totally new we are uh here at mwc

our company Humane to show off the

Humane AI pin which is a new kind of

computer that essentially allows you to

bring AI with you everywhere and have an

AI expert or AI assistant with you all

the time so this is what you're wearing

here so it's essentially just it's a

square with a a touchpad is that right

is that right so how how does this work

then yeah so it is a computer that you

interact with primarily through your

voice but you can also use Touch on the

touchpad or gestures and the whole idea

is that it allows you to stay connected

so it is a phone um and have an AI

expert and assistant with you but also

remain present and that's something

that's really important about it is that

we want to live more more in the moment

yeah so what sorts of things actually

can it do yeah so the first thing is

that it can be an expert that is really

helpful so let's take today as an

example if I'm out and about and I want

to

know how much is50 in US

dollar converting euros to USD 50 is

equivalent to $

5426 in US cool helpful yeah so you

essentially as soon as you think of

something you can ask it um but you also

I'm here in Barcelona and I want to be

able to communicate with everyone so I

could say something

like translate to

catalon and now I can speak to everyone

around

me what are some great coffee shops

nearby and now it can help help me speak

over 50 languages both speak and

understand so if someone comes up to me

and maybe is speaking in a different

language um it can help me translate

would it necessarily recognize a

language and be able to do that wow

that's amazing it actually automatically

updates so if I landed in Tokyo it would

know that I was in Tokyo and set the

default language to Japanese but if

someone came up to me and started

speaking Spanish it would be able to

detect that they're speaking Spanish and

speak to me in English we've missed out

on a on a key feature of this cuz I

believe that this has got laser is built

into it and that is a a big part of the

function so what's that about so we have

a first ofit kind laser display that we

call Laser ink and this is something

that's really critical because there are

moments where you might not want to

speak to it or you might not be in a

position to speak to it or maybe you're

in a really crowded environment where

it's very very loud and while it can

hear yes while it can hear you perfectly

um you might not be able to hear the

answer and so in those moments you need

a display very quick and one that's AI

driven so our laser projector is

basically a display that's there when

you need it and disappears when you

don't and so it IT projects on the palm

of your hand we use our time oflight

camera which is a another kind of camera

that's in the device to sense when your

palm is present when your palm is

present the laser will display when you

put your palm down it disappears and you

navigate the display using gesture and

this for us is really critical to make a

completely multimodal system and you can

move seamlessly between them you can

start a Fury with your voice raise your

hand and finish it on automatically

detect your hand is up now you want it

in a text form rather than a a speech so

what would you see on your hand then if

you just asked it uh your question

before about the about currency

conversions it's going to be the answer

onto your hand so let's use one example

so if I

say translate to

Japanese set to

Japanese it's very nice to meet

you and now when I raise my hands you're

going to see yes that it'll display the

Japanese on my hand and so clear even

under even under these Bright Lights

yeah so now this works for anything so

if you are asking a question and let's

say the answer might be a little bit

long and you just want to read it put

your hand up it'll interrupt and now

show on display so it knows stop

speaking start displaying so is this a

standalone device is this paired to your

phone like how how's this working yeah

it's totally Standalone you don't need a

phone to have an AI pin it has its own

phone number so you can also make phone

calls send messages uh and it's really

powerful too because it uses AI to craft

your messages for you so instead of you

having to write it or dictate it um all

you have to say is send a message to

this person and say something like this

um make it funny or make it sound like

Shakespeare you could do fun things as

well um and it all summarizes your

messages too so if you have a ton of

incoming messages and you have a couple

minutes to get caught up you can ask it

to catch you up and it will give you a

summary of all the messages you miss so

this is uh going on sale in the US first

is that right yes it's on sale now in

the US only to start so it's $6.99 with

a subscription service that's $24 a

month and that includes your network

connection through our Network called

The Humane Network you also get

unlimited talk text and data you get all

of your storage so it takes photos and

videos as well you can capture memories

and moments without having to live your

life through a screen which is really

important you can store all of those and

you can also ask it an unlimited number

of queries so as much usage of the AI

assistant as you want so then what is

next for the pin so for us it's about

bringing more and more features to your

PIN so the power of our software

platform is that you're going to wake up

and your pin's going to do something new

and that's really important because it's

just going to get better over time as

you teach you things as we roll out new

services this is the beginning of a

really fun Journey um we're also here at

Mobile World Congress to meet more

players in the International Space and

bring AI pin to more places which we're

really excited about but it's on sale

now uh in the US uh where would you get

it from so you buy it directly from us

at human.com is where you can find it

that's great thank you so much for your

time thank you so much and make sure to

keep iten it.com for a lot more

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