If nothing else, the list of customers who were interested enough to spend money on such a product might be valuable to them.
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someguy3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I had never heard of it. From wiki
The Ai Pin is a wearable device, meant to be attached to the user’s shirt at chest level. It is a voice assistant and cellular phone, equipped with a camera, and a limited monochrome “screen” that’s projected onto the user’s hand on demand. The user mostly interacts with the device through a small touchpad, and also hand gestures when the projection screen is active.[15]
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 days ago
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
10,000 buyers. Yeah, no.
Even it was much higher, yeah no.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Nothing, and that’s why they are shutting it down. You should read the article, HP’s comments on what they get from the acquisition are directly quoted in it.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Seriously?
Ok:
What the hell does hp see in IP in this?
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
IP hoarding of products that may potentially be produced. Millions of dollars aren’t a pocket change, but if anyone’s going into this wearable AI bullshit, HP’d make a hole in their pockets. It’s a low stakes conservative gamble ‘just in case’.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I have a hard time seeing much patentable. They can’t just patent ‘wearable pin’, it has to be much more specific.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 days ago
it has to be much more specific.
Nintendo enters the chat
balder1991@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Probably not the product itself, they might have patented some underlying technology they spent time researching to names this viable.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sigh. I know it’s not the product, I know HP bought the IP. i can’t see how there is any significant IP from this company in development of this product.
jaybone@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It has AI in the name.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Yep!
All the tech companies are invested in AI, and it’s gloriously expensive to do from scratch. Instead, they’ll drop $100 million to “stay relevant in today’s climate” without doing any work.