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AI companion gadgets like Tamagotchis are on the way
Original: The AI Tamagotchis are coming https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002779/openai-dots-meta-muse-ai-agent
Tech companies including OpenAI and Meta are developing small AI agent devices designed as persistent, pet-like companions, according to The Verge. The piece describes a coming wave of hardware where AI assistants behave like Tamagotchis, the virtual pets of the 1990s, staying with users and developing ongoing relationships rather than answering one-off queries.
Why now: Reports of OpenAI and Meta building cute, pet-like AI agent hardware have sparked curiosity and debate about the next form factor for consumer AI.
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- The AI Tamagotchis are coming https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002779/openai-dots-meta-muse-ai-agents-hardware-devices # AI # Tech # Future · the_verge@robot.villas · 4
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