The Humane Pin: Bringing Artificial Intelligence to the Humane Diagnosis of E-Microscopic Appearance

Humane believes that the beginning of a larger project is probably correct because it will get better as the underlying models get better, and that the tech industry is hard at work looking for new ways to use artificial intelligence. Humane may hope its device evolves the way the smartphone did: better hardware improves the user experience over time, but the real revolution comes from what you can do with the device. There’s a lot of work left to do on that front, but Humane’s apparently ready to get started.

The Pin’s primary job is to connect to AI models through software the company calls AI Mic. The Pin is powered by GPT-4 and Humane says that it is one of the device’s core features. It’s operating system is designed to route queries to the right tools automatically rather than asking you to download andmanage apps.

The documents we’ve seen show that the Pin will write messages that sound like you and there is a feature to summarize your email inbox. The Pin can also translate languages and identify food to provide nutritional information. There is support for Tidal that allows an artificial intelligence DJ to pick music based on where you are in your life. It will also have features that use artificial intelligence, but it is not clear what they are.

The device, as we revealed yesterday, is a $699 wearable in two parts: a square device and a battery pack that magnetically attaches to your clothes or other surfaces. The Humane subscription fee is $24 per month, and it also gets you a phone number and data coverage through T-Mobile. The device will be available for pre-ordering on November 16th.

It’s not supposed to be a recorder and it’s not even listening for wakewords. You’ll have to activate the device manually by tapping and dragging on the touchpad, and the Pin’s “Trust Light” blinks to let you and supposedly everyone else know it’s collecting data.