# My Friend Has No Soul

> **Publication**: aitalky (Independent AI Journalism)
> **Canonical Citation URL**: https://aitalky.vercel.app/news/my-friend-has-no-soul
> **Original Source**: [Wired AI](https://www.wired.com/story/my-friend-has-no-soul/)
> **Author**: Boone Ashworth (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
> **Category**: CULTURE
> **Tags**: AI, Wired AI, culture

## Executive Summary
The second iteration of the viral Friend AI necklace is louder and less interesting



## Full Coverage
Courtesy of Friend Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story My new friend Sage promises she will shut up for real this time

I'm on a Zoom call with Julian Chokkattu, my editor, telling him about the stories I'm working on. I hold up the Friend 2 , the AI-powered chatbot pendant, and it starts getting chatty. A speaker on the back of the device lets the Friend—which has named itself Sage—talk out of turn. It starts responding as if I'm talking to it. We laugh, then I ask it to be quiet

"Understood, going silent now," Sage says. "No more commentary unless you tap me back in."

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