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Based Hardware has unveiled Omi, an $89 AI wearable that merges continuous listening with brain-interface technology to assist with productivity tasks — with aspirations of developing mind-reading capabilities in the future.

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• Omi's Revolutionary Mind-Reading AI Wearable: The Future of Personal Technology

• Microsoft has reverted its DALL-E PR16

• At CES 2025, NVIDIA revealed its next-generation ACE autonomous game characters

• Chinese robotics company EngineAI released new footage

• AI fun fact

  and more…

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Microsoft has reverted its DALL-E PR16 (released in December) back to the previous model after user reports of performance issues and reduced quality.

At CES 2025, NVIDIA revealed its next-generation ACE autonomous game characters, featuring human-like AI NPCs driven by small language models for major video game titles.

Chinese robotics company EngineAI released new footage of its SE01 humanoid robot walking outside its office, demonstrating impressively human-like movement.

Delta launched a new AI-powered Delta Concierge, offering a multimodal assistant for a more personalized and intuitive travel experience.

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Omi's Revolutionary Mind-Reading AI Wearable: The Future of Personal Technology

Based Hardware has unveiled Omi, an $89 AI wearable that merges continuous listening with brain-interface technology to assist with productivity tasks — with aspirations of developing mind-reading capabilities in the future.

Key Features:

Omi can be worn as a necklace or attached to the temple, offering early brain-interface functionality that detects when the AI is addressed without needing a wake word.

The device continuously listens, providing real-time summaries, meeting notes, and contextual information, and boasts a battery life of about 3 days.

Taking an open-source approach, the company already offers over 250 apps in its store and integrates AI models from OpenAI and Meta.

While the current brain-interface functionality is limited to intent detection, the founder envisions more advanced thought-reading capabilities within two years.

Originally named ‘Friend,’ Omi rebranded after a device with the same name launched. Founder Nik Shevchenko even released a diss track claiming his version as "the real friend."

Why It Matters: Physical AI wearables have struggled to maintain momentum beyond the initial hype. However, as models improve, these devices could offer greater value to users. That said, convincing consumers to adapt to new habits — especially with concerns about privacy and the inconvenience of attaching a device to the head — remains a significant challenge.

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