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Everyone is racing to create an AI device. Meta thinks it has one

SO SOMEBODY FINALLY LOOKED INTO IT AND APPARENTLY TECH COMPANIES ARE BETTING NOBODY WILL USE SMARTPHONES TO TALK TO AI ANYMORE, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE INDUSTRY IS IN AN ABSOLUTE CORPORATE SPRINT TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW DEVICE, AND META THINKS IT HAS ONE BY GOING COMPLETELY ALL-IN ON GLASSES, AND THE THING IS THIS IS RIGHT AFTER META LAUNCHED ITS NEW AI AGENT CALLED MUSE, WHICH MEANS INSTEAD OF CHECKING A PHONE TO CONNECT WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WE ARE SUPPOSEDLY WEARING THEM ON OUR FACES, SO NOW AS A SERIOUS BUSINESS MIND WHO TRACKS CAPITAL AND MACROECONOMICS, THIS WHOLE SECTOR BET COMES DOWN TO HARDWARE THAT IS NOT PHONES BUT THEY DO NOT EVEN SAY WHY. ANYWAY THAT IS THE STATE OF THINGS.

Meta is betting on glasses following the launch of its Muse AI agent, joining a broader tech industry push to connect people with artificial intelligence through devices other than smartphones.

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