The $699 gadget, designed to capitalize on AI hype by acting as a personal assistant you can magnetically attach to your lapel, turned out to be a complete flop. Tech YouTuber Marques "MKBHD" Brownlee called it the "worst product" he had ever reviewed. Other reviewers found that it simply wasn't able to do much of anything, with Humane vastly exaggerating the tiny device's capabilities. Oh, and did we mention that its battery life was laughable?

More People Are Returning That Horrid "AI Pin" Than Are Buying It

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Pin this bulky, expensive piece of wearable technology as a questionable product.

More of Humane’s AI Pin were returned than purchased between May and August, The Verge reported. The pin retails between $700 and $800 — plus a $24 monthly subscription for $288 annually.

In total, the company has reportedly seen $1 million in returns — and thousands of its units were canceled even before they were shipped, according to the report.

And overall sales aren’t going as planned. The company shipped only 10,000 units — when it hoped to sell 10 times that, or around 100,000, according to the New York Times.

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Pricey AI Pins are being returned quicker than they are sold: ‘It just doesn’t work’

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Humane’s AI Pin Is Seeing More Returns Than Sales, Report Says

Labeled the “worst product ever reviewed” by renowned tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee, Humane’s AI Pin saw a pretty rough start. Somehow, things only got worse for...

Humane’s AI Pin Is Seeing More Returns Than Sales, Report Says

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