RIP Logitech, no longer my go-to.
Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber wants an AI agent in every board meeting
Submitted 9 hours ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.techspot.com/news/109906-logitech-ceo-hanneke-faber-wants-ai-agent-every.html
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db2@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 34 minutes ago
They’ve been going downhill for years
otter@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
Hanneke Faber became CEO of Logitech on December 1, 2023, after leaving her role as group president at Unilever. Since joining the Swiss peripheral manufacturer, Faber has attracted attention for her unconventional ideas about how personal technology should evolve – often with a focus on benefiting shareholders and companies first.
Faber is now best known for proposing the so-called “Forever Mouse” concept – a device with constantly evolving firmware features built on base hardware that customers would purchase only once. According to Faber, users would happily pay monthly or annual subscriptions to access these software-based upgrades. However, no concrete business plans have yet been announced to bring the idea to market.
Regarding pricing, the CEO compared the mouse to a Rolex watch and the software to Logitech’s video conferencing business. A paid subscription is possible, but Faber offered no further details.
What 😄
criss_cross@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I’d rather have no software with my mouse than this dystopian nightmare.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
How is a person so out of touch?
SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
The same reason she thinks that AI should be in meetings…to bad she could be replaced by AI and nothing of value was lost…
desmosthenes@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
sad to see I’ll never buy logitech again. gotta tell all the walmart homies not to either
Deestan@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yes a subscription service for my… mouse please that sounds like an improvement.
Make all tools obtrusive lets go
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I move my mouse and the cursor moves on screen. What other features is she planning to add?
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
she suggests that every board meeting should include an AI bot – and perhaps, in the not-so-distant future, replace the entire board with bots altogether
She’s got a point though
makyo@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Won’t she be shocked when the AI board replaces her with an AI too
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Let’s actually do that, because there’s a chance the AIs hallucinate the company straight into the ground.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
Bots eavesdropping? That’s a great way to see all the nerds dead silent on the mandated cam feeds except for the furious typing and occasional smirk. They’re probably working.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Guy at my last job would not speak if the Zoom was making an AI summary. He’d tell everyone up front, turn his camera off and go mute.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Logitech went coocoo a while ago… But since they’ve put motherfucking ads in their driver (I have never ever thought i would say such a bizarre thing) I’ve thrown away my lg-stuff and replaced it. After like 20yrs of brand-loyalty. Ads…in…a…driver…which already sucked ass since the switch to lg-hub. Ugh.
Carnelian@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
How do they manage that? Like where do the ads actually display?
stoy@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
They silently install Logitech Download Assistant through Windows Update as soon as you plug a logitech device in.
Then you get a an ad to download their software as a popup message by the clock.
Since I saw it on a work machine pre pandemic, I have boycotted Logitech, I now mainly use Pulsar mice and Ducky Keyboards.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Right when you start it up. Right now it’s "just x their own products. But I’m sure if noone complains, it’ll broaden.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Btw, the protocols & stuff is already reverse-engineered on Linux side. Are there ported drivers for Windows?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
What does lg make that requires such a driver?
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
“Require” isn’t right OFC. But why would i buy one and use third party stuff that may or may not work with all features of a product?
harrybo93@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Tbf, they make things like sim racing equipment etc
oliver@infosec.pub 3 hours ago
Well, seemingly there must be a strong demand for „EverythingAIBullsh*t“ even in input devices in her view. Maybe the next hardware vendor who needs to be taught that customers should be heard with reason…. 🤷🏼♂️
sundray@lemmus.org 8 hours ago
AI in every board meeting? Oof, they’d better hurry up and invent one, then!
Jaysyn@lemmy.world 7 minutes ago
Oh, so this is the person that is responsible for Logitech’s decline.