Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price
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Do you remember Friend? The Friend that launched an AI pendant, spent $1.8 million of its $2.5 million in funding to acquire friend.com, and plastered the NYC subway with ads promoting artificial companionship? Yeah well, if you didn't remember, Friend is back . And now, it's twice the price. This morning, Friend launc
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Do you remember Friend? The Friend that launched an AI pendant, spent $1.8 million of its $2.5 million in funding to acquire friend.com, and plastered the NYC subway with ads promoting artificial companionship?
Yeah well, if you didn't remember, Friend is back . And now, it's twice the price.
This morning, Friend launched a new ad showing two people talking to their Friend pendants about very personal life problems. It didn't say it explicitly, but the ad showcased a new feature the pendant now includes: a speaker.
Before, Friend would only message back to you, but now, it will talk to you, too. For some reason, the addition of that feature …
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