It’s been a bad month for AI gadgets, and that’s saying a lot. As if public opinion wasn’t already in the gutter after the collective letdown of Humane and its now-defunct Ai Pin, as well as its less expensive counterpart from Rabbit, the R1, reports have begun circulating that Sam Altman and Jony Ive, via their joint venture, IO, are also struggling to devise AI hardware that, ya know… works. But the fact that things are bad doesn’t mean they can’t get worse, and if new reports…

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