The AI Pin charging case has a battery issue.
  • Humane warns AI Pin owners to stop using charging case due to potential fire safety risk from certain battery cells.
  • Issue isolated to specific battery cells in Charge Case Accessory, not related to hardware design.
  • Ai Pin, Battery Booster(s), and Charge Pad not affected, as disqualified vendor does not supply components for those products.
  • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    As recompense, the company is offering two free months of its subscription service

    Didn’t realise it was a subscription service too. How dim would you have to be to pay 700 dollars for a device on the understanding that it won’t work unless you keep paying 24 more dollars every single month?

    People that buy subscriptions like this are a bigger problem than the companies that offer them

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Their subscription service costs $24 a month? This is madness.

      I am guessing this because the processing is done in the cloud? But then why the $700 price for the “AI Pin” device; what exactly does it do justify a $700 cost if processing is done in the cloud?

      • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        what exactly does it do justify a $700 cost if processing is done in the cloud?

        Nothing. Literally just using your phone is faster and easier.