7 AI-powered gadgets that make perfect holiday gifts

Are you feeling stressed yet? Completely run out of gift ideas, and wool socks just won't do it anymore? Well fear not, we've got you covered.

While 2025 is likely going to be the true year of AI hardware, plenty of companies put artificial intelligence into gadgets, tools and products in 2024.

I've pulled together a list of AI-powered gift suggestions which is designed to get you out of trouble with almost any recipient.

The marketing for this little device says it's powered by OpenAI GPT-o1 ＆ GPT-4o, which basically makes it state-of-the-art and capable of advanced reasoning.

The result is a 0.2-inch, 40-gram marvel, which features 64GB of internal memory, good enough to store up to 500 hours of recordings with 30 hours use per charge.

Transcription quality is 98%. Perfect for students and meeting mad adults.

This kitchen appliance contains more than 500 guided recipes, with 16 cooking modes and an eight-inch screen.

Users merely have to follow the simplified meal prep instructions and ensure they add ingredients when required. The integrated ChefGPT recipe generator uses AI to provide yummy recipes on demand.

You'll need to pair it with your phone of course, especially if you want to make the most out of the multimodal functionality.

It's hard to identify the most important feature of this product. Is it being the hippest nerd on the strip, or the fact that you can listen to Spotify through your sunglasses?

In case you're wondering, the AI is designed to make sure your hands stay at exactly the right temperature no matter what's going on in your immediate environment.

They feature an integrated AI temperature control chip which others three levels of precise heat release control. This continuously analyzes the temperature between hand and warmer, adapting it in real-time up to 130F.

The dual channel simultaneous interpretation lets both parties speak in a natural way, none of that tippy tap on the phone and showing the screen to the other party. Perfect for those romantic evenings on the Amalfi coast.

The AI even lets you segment the conversation afterwards, so you can rerun your bloopers over and over again in a masochistic orgy of self doubt.

This smart bird feeder comes with a one-year complementary AI bird recognition system, which can tag over 10,000 bird species.

Of course you'll need to reside in a place where there are more than two sparrows and a pigeon lurking around, but if so, this could be a great way to acquaint yourself with the ornithologist's universe.

This little doohickey listens to everything that's going on in your day-to-day interactions. Every moment recorded and structured according to the AI's instructions. It comes with 100 hours of battery life and connects with your smartphone or computer via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.