The presentation of the first iPhone by Steve Jobs marked a turning point in the way we use the Internet and consume multimedia content. Since then, many have dreamed of being at the origin of such a revolution, but nothing convincing is on the horizon.
With the arrival of artificial intelligence, false beliefs were born, suggesting that it would radically change society in the years to come, and that we would quickly be overtaken by events. For the moment, however, this is not the case, and even the most efficient artificial intelligences are struggling to achievecomplex reasoning.
All this to say that we are certainly experiencing the AI revolution, which indeed brings many changes, but it is not what was sold to us during the euphoria of the beginnings.This euphoria drove some entrepreneurs a little crazy, to the point of believing that they would be able to replace smartphoneswith small AI devices with voice commands. This is particularly the case of Rabbit R1, which has just been ridiculed on social networks.
Relegated to the rank of simple application? Rabbit is going crazy!
At CES 2024, the Rabbit R1was presented by its creator, announcing it as “ l’iPhone Killer ". It is a small device which is directly connected to OpenAI services, and which is controlled by voice, likeAiPin de HumanAI. Unlike Ai Pin, Rabbit R1 offers a touch screen of almost 3 inches, andcosts $200 without a subscription.For its part, AiPin costs $700, to which must be added a $25 monthly plan.Rabbit R1's promise is an all-in-1 AI device that works without apps, and continually learns from our interactions with it.
While its creator announced it as a replacement for the iPhone, Internet users have just relegated the Rabbit R1 to the rank of “Simple Android application”. It's not just talk, since those involved have actually taken Rabbit's software and made it into a simple application.
After some turned it into an Android APK app, the userXWill Hobick did it in turn for iOS (as a progressive web application):
Rabbit r1 running on IOS 👀. This app uses device time, battery life, haptic touch, camera and much more. Created in just a few hours and working like PWA,
The r1 rabbit working on IOS 👀
This app utilizes device time, battery life, haptic touch, camera and more. Built in just a few hours and working as a PWA, IOS and Android (see thread)
This demo was built in@FlutterDevwith@FlutterFlow pic.twitter.com/cZ935M4YUU
— Will Hobick (@WillHobick)May 2, 2024
Rabbit climbs the towers
Shortly after this public humiliation,Rabbit defended himselfno, his device is not just an Android application. He goes on to say that Rabbit OS is built specifically in the Cloud, and learns to use the software the user uses.
He adds that a pirated application installed locally as Internet users did, cannot do the same thing as his Rabbit R1. A very meager defense because this is just a joke. But an applicationAndroid or iPhone could absolutely access Rabbit OS features if it had the right to do so.
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