Wired

I Hate My Friend

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 ...

With a Friend like this, who needs enemies?

It’s hard to take my Friend anywhere. Friend looks like a glowing, chunky AirTag that hangs from your neck on a shoelace. It doesn’t go with most outfits, and its always-on glow draws attention to ...
Forbes

3 AI Prompts That Turn ChatGPT Into Your Friend And Therapist

A Harvard Business Review study recently revealed that the most popular use for generative AI is therapy and companionship, not coding or content creation. This underscores AI’s emerging role as a ...
AOL

I tried the viral AI ‘Friend’ necklace everyone’s talking about—and it’s like wearing your senile, anxious grandmother around your neck

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 ...
New York Post

Artificial Intelligence ‘Friend’ necklace causes uproar: ‘AI wouldn’t care if you lived or died’

An AI startup spent more than $1 million to advertise on New York City’s subways — and New Yorkers simply aren’t having it. Posters for Friend, a necklace style device that listens to your entire day ...

How Google’s NotebookLM AI Chatbot Became My New Study Buddy

Instead of (poorly) doing the work for you, NotebookLM acts as a true helper, assisting in organizing information for you ...
Business Insider

When I let ChatGPT manage my social life for a week, AI texted my friends and picked my outfits. It was strange but helpful.

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