Mori is a cute robot mushroom that doesn't really say or do anything
Wired AI · rss · 2026-10-22
Wired looks at Mori, a mushroom-shaped home robot with a camera in its face that mostly can't talk or do anything useful. The piece frames it as a Trojan horse: disguising camera-equipped robots as cute home decor is step one in getting people to accept them, highlighting the awkward trade-off between charm and privacy in companion hardware.
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