Last week, both Amazon and Meta threw their hats in the AI wristband ring.
Amazon recently acquired Bee, which makes a $49.99 wristband equipped with AI and microphones that can listen to discussions and break them down into quick summaries, action items, and daily reminders.
Meta has reportedly designed a new wristband with technology that taps into the electrical currents flowing through our muscles during finger movements. By detecting these brain-generated impulses, the system can predict your intended actions moments before you perform them.
Data mines: Both companies are going after data to deliver different AI experiences. Meta’s wristband represents a broader push to create hands-free technology that allows users to command their devices through pure intention rather than physical contact.
Meanwhile, Amazon’s interest seems more to collect more data to build AI models. Since generative AI excels at processing vast amounts of information, the more it learns about users’ daily routines and behaviors, the better it becomes at assisting them. Additionally, this consumer data, when aggregated across millions of users, serves as valuable training material to improve the AI systems themselves.
In December, Amazon launched Nova, a framework of massive data sets that can be used to build AI-powered, sophisticated shopping agents.
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