Halo AI Glasses Review: Promised Intelligence, Delivered Distraction
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Victoria Song
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Summary
This article reviews Halo AI glasses, a startup product that promises to enhance intelligence but delivers a disappointing experience. The reviewer finds the glasses more distracting than helpful, comparing the AI assistant to Microsoft's Clippy. The product fails to deliver on its promise of making users smarter and instead becomes an intrusive presence that interrupts conversations and daily activities.
Key quotes
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Part of being human is knowing when to ask for help, so a few months ago, I enlisted senior editor Sean Hollister — a fellow smart glasses nerd
Halo is a new AI glasses startup founded by two former Harvard students
It promises to make you smarter, but it ended up as more of a distraction
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