A short and bumpy walk from humanity AI is over. HP announced Tuesday, February 18, that it acquired the company and absorbed certain employees for $ 116 million. According to a Bloomberg report, human spindle will be interrupted.
In a press release on the acquisition, HP notes that it “acquires the key capabilities of AI at Humane, including their platform cosmos fueled by AI, highly qualified technical talents and intellectual property with more 300 patents and patent applications. ” He makes no mention of the equipment.
Human AI was a fascinating computer system of the portable AI which arrived in November 2023. Instead of a screen, the device included a camera to look at your world and a tiny projector; You stretched your hand and you could see few messages and information from the spindle. You have interacted with the platform by voice and gestures. It sounded, at the time, as the future.
Human has failed, however, failed in April 2024 when the first adopters delivered scathing criticism. The YouTube giant Brownlee marks called him “the worst product that I have ever examined … for now.” This conclusion and a collection of other terrible journals have more or less sealed its fate. Well, that and problems with the shot clip that could have been a risk of fire. Even Techradar assessed it one of the largest technological flops in 2024.
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HP, however, seems more than impressed by the system’s capabilities of the system and plans to weave them (or a form of them) in HP products. Of the version: Humane engineers “will help us create an intelligent ecosystem on all HP devices, from PCs to intelligent printers and connected conference rooms.
For HP, which was relatively silent on the AI innovation front, this acquisition could be a real boon for its business. As for the Humane AI team, they only have praise for their new owners. In a press release on the Humane site, Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri, co-founders of Humane, wrote: “We are delighted to join HP at a pivotal point in industry and to shape the future of smart experiences”, declared.
Humane’s exit does not mention the AI spindle either.
This is good news for fans of human AI and, obviously, less good news for those who paid $ 699 for the spindle. Perhaps HP will offer them, discounts on HP products end up with a human AI.
