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The AI Tamagotchis are coming - The Verge
Publisher description: Personal AI hardware has mostly crashed and burned. OpenAI and Meta are counting on two selling points: It’s useful, and it’s cute.
NewsAPI | Sep 30, 2026 | Hayden Field
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But over the next year, two major AI companies, Meta and OpenAI, will attempt to change that. Dedicated AI devices like the Friend and Humane AI Pin have inspired mainly frustration and backlash, which may only worsen as public anger toward AI grows. Meta aims to launch a pendant-like device sooner, before this year’s holiday shopping season. While OpenAI’s hardware didn’t make an appearance at this year’s DevDay, the company debuted a major new AI agent platform called Dots, complete with personalizable colored blobs with eyes.
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