It's predatory, and a practice that's not only bad for consumers but doesn't even make sense as an actual product. Recently, Logitech's new chief executive Hanneke Faber spoke to The Verge's Decoder podcast, where Faber mentioned that she'd recently been shown an example of a "forever mouse." The idea, she said, was that you'd buy a well-made mouse, with great software and services that you'd constantly update, and never throw away. But then the other shoe dropped: "The business model obviously is the challenge there," she said. "So then software is even more important when you think about it. Can you come up with a service model?"

I'm trying to love Logitech's Signature AI Edition M750 Wireless Mouse. But I'm continually tripping over this small detail, and it literally is making me more frustrated than I should be. It's an intriguing, polarizing concept: By placing an "AI" button on the top of the mouse, Logitech gives users one-click access to ChatGPT to do one thing: simplify the writing and rewriting of text via an AI app called Logi Prompt Builder. It's a novel idea, and one you might expect Microsoft to develop, given the Copilot key that's already appearing on laptop keyboards. Instead, Logitech is leading the way.

Fortunes are being made on that interest, in a way hauntingly reminiscent of the crypto boom and subsequent bust. And absolutely everyone wants to get in on the former and avoid the latter. "Everyone" in this case includes pretty much every possible technology company. While OpenAI is at the center of this particular gold rush, and Nvidia is selling the shovels to digital forty-niners, more conventional players aren't resting on their haunches. As happens with buzzwords, it's quickly becoming diluted -- every new PC is an "AI PC," which means very little for actual users.

Logitech has rolled out a new software tool called Logi AI Prompt Builder, which gives you quick access to ChatGPT's features. You first have to link a specific key on your keyboard or a button on your mouse with the tool from within the Logi Options software. After that, you can use that key or button as a shortcut to summon the prompt builder when you need it. The tool window pops up when you call it, populated with the text you've highlighted. It already has functions or "recipes" you can use, such as Rephrase, Summarize and Create Email, that will base their results on the text you've selected. However, you can create your own recipes, as well, including one that can generate images.

On the heels of keyboards with a Cortana key…comes a mouse with a ChatGPT key? Logitech plans to launch the Signature AI Edition Mouse in April in the United States and the United Kingdom for 49.99. Though it has a dedicated AI key -- you do need a dedicated AI key on your mouse, right? That app is part of Logi Options, the connective software that ties many of Logitech's MX, or "Master," series peripherals (plus its Studio Series, Ergo, and others) such as keyboards and mice. When a user presses the AI prompt button on the top of the AI Edition Mouse, they're actually launching the Prompt Builder within the Options app. Existing Logitech peripherals that lack a dedicated ChatGPT key can remap another key to trigger the same function.

NVIDIA's H100 chips are used by nearly every AI company in the world to train large language models hooked into services like ChatGPT. It's been great for business. Now, the company is ready to make those chips look terrible, announcing a next-generation platform called Blackwell. Named for David Harold Blackwell, a mathematician who specialized in game theory and statistics, NVIDIA claims Blackwell is the world's most powerful chip, reaching speeds of 20 petaflops compared to just 4 petaflops the H100 provided. Yeah, throw it in the trash.

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Maybe you have someone in your life who's an avid gamer or game streamer and you want to get them something to take their hobby to the next level. You're in luck -- Amazon's October Prime Day has proven to be a boon for gaming deals, discounting everything from gaming laptops to keyboards to controllers and more. A bunch of brands are included, too, like Razer, Logitech, SteelSeries and more, so you may be able to find exactly what they've been asking for at a more affordable price. Here are the best gaming deals we found for the Prime Day Early Access Sale. Elgato's Stream Deck is down to $90 for October Prime Day, or $50 off its normal price.

We saw a number of gadgets go on sale this week as July comes to a close. Both Amazon's Echo smart speaker and the Echo Show 5 have been discounted, with the Echo now down to the same price as it was on Prime Day earlier this month. The Apple TV 4K is nearly $50 off and down to $130, and you can save $300 on the 16-inch MacBook Pro as well. DJI's Action 2 combo pack remains on sale for $279, and if you're on the market for a new smartphone, Amazon will give you a free $50 gift card when you buy the new Google Pixel 6a. Here are the best tech deals from this week that you can still get today.

Video gaming can be an expensive hobby, but that just makes scoring deals all the more important. Whether you're looking for a new gaming laptop, a better mouse, or any gadget crammed full of RGB LEDs, there are plenty of deals for you today. The WIRED Gear team tests products year-round. We sorted through hundreds of thousands of deals by hand to make these picks. Crossed out products are out of stock or no longer discounted.