A Local AI Voice Agent Running on a Super-Cheap Soc

Shakes Fist writes: Cheap, not connected to the web and does what it's asked? How long until it's bought up?

"this is cutting-edge AI actually helping out with a common issue that many of us run into in our daily lives. This isn’t speculative, it’s real and running, and it doesn’t pose a lot of the ethical dilemmas other AI applications face. Here’s why I think this matters:

        The consumer doesn’t have to do anything beyond pressing a button to use it. There’s no phone app to download, no new account to create, and no Wifi to set up. The solution works as soon as they plug the appliance in."