Review: Plaud’s NotePin Is the Best AI Gadget

It’s refreshingly simple, easy to use, and does something that no other device does, acting as your digital stenographer for everyday life.

Courtesy of Plaud
Plaud NotePin. Courtesy of Plaud

Earlier this year, AI hardware companies were all the buzz. There were smart pins meant to replace your phone; pendants intended to replace your friends; dongles that were supposed to remember everything you saw and saw; and whole bunch of other stuff that was announced and never came out. Some were outrageously expensive; others, like the Rabbit R1, were concerningly cheap. Yet all shared one thing in common: they were terrible.

Large language models are extremely useful, and AI-enabled hardware will become more and more common, but LLMs aren’t quite up to snuff yet, and these devices weren’t built well enough to counter their issues.

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