They wanted to build friends. We built warnings. Right now, the AI wearable space is melting from the inside. Lawsuits are stacking. Chatbots are glitching. Emotional companions are breaking people instead of saving them. Platforms like Character.AI and startups like Friend are learning the hard way, when you pretend to be someone’s best friend, and […]
In 1995, science fiction author Neal Stephenson imagined a future in The Diamond Age where a child could grow up guided by an intelligent, voice-powered book. It would sense emotions, tell stories, teach survival, and shape the mind of its user in real time. It wasn’t just a tool. It was an AI-powered force for […]
Woebot raised over $100 million. It had FDA backing. It was connected to therapists, hospitals, pediatric clinics, and major mental health networks. It was positioned as one of the most promising AI-powered solutions in the digital wellness space. And now, it’s gone. On June 30, Woebot’s teen-focused app will be officially shut down. Users were […]
Everyone’s out here stroking their egos building feel-good F*cking chatbots and calling it therapy. But here’s the truth: A bot can’t save you from the pain you won’t admit. You feed it a lie, it feeds you comfort. No history. No origin. No signal. Just another distraction dressed up as care. Real mental health tech […]
In today’s gold rush to “solve mental health with AI,” everyone’s building chatbots. Cute names. Pastel UIs. Automated affirmations.But here’s the hard truth no one wants to say out loud: They don’t know you. And they never did. Chatbots only respond to what you tell them.And let’s be real, how honest are most people with […]
Why AI Chatbots Might Be Talking, But NOVi is the Only One Listening By Ryan Hansen – Founder, NOViWear The world is racing to answer a question nobody asked:Can an AI chatbot replace your therapist? Dartmouth’s Therabot says maybe. Wysa says yes. Replika says, “I love you.”And Silicon Valley’s already writing term sheets like it’s […]
They’re all talking about it now.“On-device AI.”Like it’s some brand-new discovery. Like privacy is a product feature. Like edge computing is the newest marketing trick in their wearable demo. But when you’ve been building from a foxhole, when you’ve seen what it actually takes to catch someone before they break, you know the truth. On-device […]
There is a storm already in motion. You can feel it, even if the world keeps pretending everything is fine.AI is not just replacing jobs. It is replacing identities.What happens when you wake up one morning and everything you thought defined you has been automated, optimized, or deleted?What happens when people stop knowing who they […]
There’s a storm coming. And it’s not hype. It’s not trends. It’s not some venture capital buzzword. The AI wave is swallowing industries in real time. Entire careers are being erased overnight. Identities are dissolving. Structures we thought were permanent are evaporating faster than anyone expected. We are not heading into a productivity boom. We […]
We keep talking about AI like the danger is machines replacing jobs. But that’s not where the real collapse is coming from. The collapse will happen in people. As intelligence becomes abundant, as energy becomes limitless, as labor itself becomes obsolete, something far more fragile begins to crack: the human nervous system. We’re not wired […]