Reports indicate that Meta is developing an AI pendant.

Ah, brilliant — Meta has decided that what the world *really* needs is another wearable gadget to hoover up your data. The Information reports that Meta is developing an AI pendant, based on technology from Limitless, an AI device startup it devoured in 2025. Because nothing says 'responsible innovation' like strapping a microphone to your chest and trusting a company whose previous wearables, the Ray-Ban Stories, were called 'dangerous to privacy' by privacy advocates.

Meta plans to begin testing the pendant in 2027 — three years of development for a pendant that will likely record your every conversation, analyse your voice for emotional distress, and then serve you an ad for antidepressants. The Limitless acquisition was touted as a way to 'augment human memory,' which is corporate-speak for 'we own your memories now, please enjoy this targeted Experience.' One can only imagine the training data: millions of pendants capturing arguments, awkward silences, and that thing you said to your mother about her cooking.

Still, there's something almost touching about Meta's optimism. But hey, 2027 is ages away — by then maybe we'll all be wearing neural implants and this pendant will seem quaint, like a tamagotchi for paranoia. Huzzah.