Humane's $699 'AI Pin' Overheats, Projects Gibberish, Gets Recalled for Fire Risk — One of the Biggest Gadget Flops in Tech History
Humane, founded by two ex-Apple executives with $230M in funding, shipped the AI Pin in April 2024 as a 'phone replacement'. It overheated so badly it had to be recalled for fire risk from its battery, projected laser text users couldn't read in daylight, hallucinated answers to basic questions ('how long until a solar eclipse?' → wrong by days), and had worse battery life than promised. MKBHD called it 'the worst product I've ever reviewed'. Sales cratered — returns exceeded new orders. Humane was sold to HP for parts in February 2025 and the Pin was bricked remotely.
Humane, founded by two ex-Apple executives with $230M in funding, shipped the AI Pin in April 2024 as a 'phone replacement'. It overheated so badly it had to be recalled for fire risk from its battery, projected laser text users couldn't read in daylight, hallucinated answers to basic questions ('how long until a solar eclipse?' → wrong by days), and had worse battery life than promised. MKBHD called it 'the worst product I've ever reviewed'. Sales cratered — returns exceeded new orders. Humane was sold to HP for parts in February 2025 and the Pin was bricked remotely.
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