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ceejayoz02/19/20253 repliesview on HN

The Verge on this:

https://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisitio...

> After the shutdown, offline features like “battery level” will still work, Humane says, but “any function that requires cloud connectivity like voice interactions, AI responses, and .Center access” will not.

I'd really like to know if the Humane PR flack typed that with a straight face.


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watusername02/19/2025

The charitable interpretation is that they wanted to assure buyers that they would still be able to show off the laser projector to their friends :)

But no, I wouldn't be able to write that sentence myself without wanting to find the closest hole to hide out of embarrassment.

tough02/19/2025

ChatGPT can!

Mistletoe02/19/2025

"Battery levels are fine. Jump on in!"