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Is the world ready for a wearable, AI “friend”?

Is the world ready for a wearable, AI “friend”?

Update: 2025-09-08
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A new wearable A-I pendant called Friend -- which is meant to be your friend -- has turned out to be more of a frenemy at best. A tech writer tells us about his toxic relationship with it.


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Is the world ready for a wearable, AI “friend”?

Is the world ready for a wearable, AI “friend”?