Adverts for ‘fake AI friend’ you wear as a necklace defaced on New York subway
The necklace was called ‘surveillance capitalism’ (Picture: @normie_egirl)Are you feeling lonely enough to buy a ‘constant companion’ that will listen to all your conversations and then text you snarky messages about them?A necklace called ‘Friend’ promises to do just that, with its microphone always on unless you disable it manually.
It’s the subject of a massive ad campaign on the New York City underground, but it’s fair to say not everyone is f