New AI ‘friend’ you can wear around your neck is ‘always listening’ – all it wants is to keep you company [Video]

AN unassuming pendant contains a hidden, AI-powered “friend” – a sign that the future is already here.

Most people wouldn’t think twice about a necklace. But an AI chatbot lurks inside this new device, hanging on your every word.

A new device called “friend” is a wearable AI chatbot that listens to you and responds at its own volitionCredit: Friend

Sometimes it responds, but mostly it just wants to be by your side.

The device, aptly named “friend,” is the brainchild of developer and tech prodigy Avi Schiffman.

Schiffman drew global acclaim as a teenager when he built a website to track the spread of Covid-19.

He devised the idea for his latest tech venture as he traveled alone in Japan and longed for a companion.

Schiffman describes the device as “an expression of how lonely I’ve felt” and hopes it will be a fitting buddy for others.

A promotional video …