{"id":229681,"date":"2024-04-29T10:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T10:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?post_type=news&p=229681"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T10:37:51","slug":"can-rabbit-r1-bring-ai-powered-devices-to-the-masses","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/news\/rabbit-r1-ai-early-reactions","title":{"rendered":"Can Rabbit R1 Bring AI-powered Devices to the Masses?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to personal devices, smartphones<\/a> are the king. In the U.S. alone nine-in-ten people own a smartphone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, an emerging class of generative AI-connected devices is aiming to unseat the traditional dominance of the smartphone.<\/p>\n

A personal AI assistant in your pocket? Following on from the much-criticized Human AI Chip<\/a>, the startup Rabbit has launched the Rabbit R1<\/a>, a physical device retailing at $199 which users can interact with via voice inputs and chat directly to Perplexity AI.<\/p>\n

The Rabbit R1 provides an artificial intelligence<\/a> powered solution for searching the internet, playing music, taking notes, conducting translations, and even generating images \u2014 all through talking to the device or using the in-built camera to ask questions about the world around you.<\/p>\n

The R1 features a 2.88-inch touch display, push-to-talk button, conversational interface,\u00a0 360-degree rotational eye, an analog scroll wheel, built-in keyboard, USB-C port<\/a>, SIM card slot<\/a>, and a 2W speaker. It also comes with 4GB of memory and 128GB of storage.<\/p>\n

Early reviews trend to the positive, although many reviewers point out that they are natural early adopters of the technology, and that their enjoyment of the device might not carry over to the masses.<\/p>\n

But is this device to unseat the smartphone? The short answer is no, but that doesn\u2019t mean it doesn\u2019t fill a rabbit-sized gap in the market.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do with a Rabbit R1<\/span><\/h2>\n

First and foremost, the Rabbit R1 provides a medium to interact with a large language model<\/a> (LLM). Whether you want to ask questions to Perplexity AI<\/a>, find out the weather, take notes, translate, or create images \u2013 you can do so with the R1.<\/p>\n

But what makes the R1 particularly interesting is that it can be taught how to use third-party apps, including Spotify<\/a>, Uber, and DoorDash. The R1 uses Rabbit OS, an operating system<\/a> built on top of both an LLM and a large action model (LAM) \u2014 which is geared towards processing instructions in natural language and forwarding them on to third-party apps.<\/p>\n

Essentially, Rabbit OS enables users to create personalized agents to perform tasks elsewhere \u2014 for instance, Rabbit users can book an Uber with a quick voice command, or order products from DoorDash, all without opening a browser and carrying out the steps manually.<\/p>\n

Another interesting capability is Vision, which can provide the user with any information about which objects are in the camera\u2019s field of view. The results are pretty impressive, as demonstrated by Unbox Therapy<\/strong> on Youtube.<\/p>\n