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As firms race to implement AI features into our most personal gadgets, one Santa Monica startup may beat all of them by taking the road less traveled.
Today at CES, Rabbit Inc. introduced the R1, a $199 consumer device with a natural language-based operating system that goals to eliminate interaction with applications.
“We have reached the point where we have hundreds of applications on our smartphones with complex UX design that do not communicate with each other. As a result, end users become frustrated with their devices and often get lost,” said Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu.
Lyu isn’t flawed. While it has grow to be habitual for humans to repeatedly interact with apps and web interfaces – scrolling through drop-down lists, long-tapping text to repeat and paste, filtering searches, etc. – artificial intelligence trained to perform these tasks saves us time and energy.
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At the guts of Rabbit R1 is the corporate’s “Large Action Model,” a man-made intelligence foundation that may train “rabbits” to see and learn the way a user interacts with common applications and web experiences, then recreate them on demand in a customized cloud platform. This way, as an alternative of requiring users to download multiple applications to their personal devices, the big operation model can access services through a private online portal called a “rabbit hole” where users can log in to their accounts, allow permissions, and more.
“Like handing an unlocked phone to a friend to help order takeout, Rabbit OS (the device’s operating system) performs tasks for users with their consent, without proactively storing their identification or passwords,” the corporate explains in its press release.
This concentrate on safety extends to the R1 industrial design, which was created in collaboration with Teenage Engineering, the corporate liable for a number of the most creative projects in technology, including the Nothing phone.
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In addition to the R1 pocket figure, there may be a rotating rabbit-eye camera that covers the view by default, facing down. According to the corporate, the cameras will be used for video calls and can even “perform some of the most advanced computer vision applications.” When I present at CES, I may have a higher understanding of what this string of tech jargon means.
Additionally, the R1 microphone, used primarily for voice commands, only activates once you press the push-to-talk button on the side. Other design features include a 2.88-inch touchscreen, a scroll wheel (pictured above) for navigating the operating system, and a USB-C port for charging. R1 is provided with a 1000 mAh battery, 128 GB of memory and a SIM slot for mobile data transfer.
Pre-orders for the Rabbit R1 start today, and it’s priced quite affordably (so far as CES announcements go) at $199, with no monthly subscription required. Before you read this, I’ll get a hands-on demo of the Rabbit R1 and see if one among the primary standalone AI devices of 2024 really lives as much as the hype. Stay tuned for all my initial thoughts.
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