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Logitech is the latest tech company to launch an AI product and its solution is a mouse with a dedicated button that pulls up its new AI Prompt Builder software.
There are two AI buttons on the Logitech Signature AI Edition M750 Mouse; a teal-colored one up top activates the prompt software, while one of its side buttons is a ChatGPT shortcut. Prompt Builder can paraphrase or summarize text, reply to text inputs, or write emails from scratch.
Logitech's Prompt Builder only pulls from ChatGPT to generate responses. It doesn't require an existing ChatGPT subscription, but Logitech's FAQ section warns that if users have subscriptions and are logged in while using the software, Prompt Builder queries will take away from their ChatGPT allotments. So make sure to log out of your OpenAI account if you want unlimited queries and don't want to be penalized for having a ChatGPT Plus subscription.
Unlike Logitech's other mice, like the G Pro X Superlight Wireless, the M750 mouse isn't rechargeable via a cable and needs one AA battery. It comes with a USB receiver that plugs into a computer and supports Bluetooth.
For now, Logitech's Prompt Builder is only available in English, though the company says it's planning to add more language support in the future. Logitech says it won't view or keep queries sent through its software or exchange user data with OpenAI.
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The limited-edition $50 mouse is now available for pre-order in the US and UK. The free software is available through the Logi Options+ app for Windows 10 and Windows 11 and macOS 12 (Monterey) and later.
AI is everywhere these days—from PCs and operating systems to phones and the drive-thru. We'll have to see if people also want it in their computer peripherals. On X, reaction to a tweet from The Verge's Tom Warren was less than enthusiastic.
"I want fewer ways to call our AI overlords not more, hopefully this is just for business related mouse, and doesn't become standard," wrote one person. "The term 'AI' has lost all meaning. I hate it here," added another.
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