When Humane launched its Ai Pin, the San Francisco-based gadget maker envisioned a world with devoted AI gadgets — one thing that you’d carry with you along with the smartphone in your pocket.
Nevertheless, opinions and gross sales haven’t been nice — returns reportedly begun to outpace unit gross sales at one level. And Humane lately dropped the worth of its gadget from $700 to $500. Whereas the AI gadget remains to be on sale, it’s unclear what’s subsequent for the corporate — which at the least doesn’t lack for funding (to the tune of greater than $230 million).
Now, Humane is pitching one thing new — an working system known as CosmOS that would (doubtlessly) tremendously enhance all of the tech gadgets in your life. In a slick demo video, the corporate confirmed the OS working on a automobile’s leisure system, a wise speaker, a TV, and an Android cellphone.
In some ways, CosmOS hints at what Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant or Apple’s Siri may change into if/when they’re mixed with AI agent-like capabilities. It’s a voice assistant that may perceive advanced queries and work together with different apps and providers in your behalf.
Humane says that CosmOS relies on the working system that powers its Ai Pin. “This clever conductor seamlessly coordinates numerous AI fashions, knowledge units, providers, and gadget capabilities to ship a fluid, intuitive expertise,” the corporate mentioned within the video.
In its first instance, the individual within the video talks to CosmOS of their automobile and asks the assistant to show up the warmth at house. In the identical question, additionally they need to know when individuals are coming over tonight.
We’re additionally immediately reminded that Humane is as soon as once more pitching a imaginative and prescient greater than a product: The brand on the steering wheel is blurred out and there’s a notice saying it’s “for illustration functions solely. Doesn’t mirror obtainable automobile performance.”
Different use-case examples within the video embody asking for takeout restaurant suggestions, asking for a recipe that the consumer already checked the day earlier than, and asking a query a few sports activities sport. The sensible speaker used within the video can be blurred out.
On the TV, Humane is pitching a multimodal and multi-step use case. As an illustration, you may ask what number of objectives a soccer participant has scored this season. The AI assistant is meant to grasp who you might be speaking about based mostly on the participant on the display screen after which reply your authentic query.
As for the smartphone integration, the demo jogs my memory of Apple’s pitch for a greater Siri powered by Apple Intelligence at WWDC earlier this yr. In Humane’s case, CosmOS perceive what’s in your display screen and might work together together with your calendar within the background.
Humane claims that third-party builders will be capable to construct integrations between CosmOS and their “brokers, knowledge, and providers.” In actuality, the demo video feels extra like a gross sales pitch — to see if there’s any firm on the market that might be excited by buying Humane and repurposing Humane’s software program in their very own merchandise.
