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jylam | 1 year ago

It was surprisingly (or not) hard to find what this "Rabbit R1" device was (despite the `I assume by now that most people have heard of the Rabbit R1.`), so here is a paste from Wired:

"The promise was simple. Speak into the device and it'll complete tasks for you thanks to Rabbit's “large action models”—call an Uber, reserve dinner plans via OpenTable, play a song through Spotify, or order some food on DoorDash. Just speak and it will handle it, just like if you handed your smartphone to a personal assistant and asked them to do something for you."

I don't understand why an app on the phone wouldn't do that, but maybe I'm not hype enough.

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mewse-hn|1 year ago

You really have to watch the Steve Jobs-esque announcement video to understand what they were promising with this device, and understand how utterly it failed to deliver on those promises.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22wlLy7hKP4

nerdponx|1 year ago

Are you sure it wasn't always meant to just be a preorder + data harvesting scam?

mlsu|1 year ago

Oh wow, that's wild.

It's like a cuckoo that has evolved to mimic Steve Jobs, just enough to feed on VC and beta product dollars. I'm sure it'll take off out of the nest, fat and happy, once its brood parasitism is complete.

codetrotter|1 year ago

On iOS the “problem” for a third-party app is that there is no mechanic by which it could always listen to your mic, and trigger actions based on keywords.

Only Siri would be able to do that on iOS.

Therefore, no third party can “become the platform” on iOS for voice assistants.

But who knows. Maybe EU will force Apple to open up for that at some point, like they forced Apple to open up for third party App Stores on iOS in EU.

Kwpolska|1 year ago

If the product was truly revolutionary, users wouldn't mind opening an app to talk to it.

rpcope1|1 year ago

Oh good, now everyone can spy on me, not just Apple.

aetch|1 year ago

iOS apps can record audio in the background with the provided API already so this isn’t actually a hold up

prmoustache|1 year ago

Honestly I don't understand how they got customers in the first place, the idea is so bad for a start that it really shows people are knowlingly buying stuff with the sole purpose of producing e-waste.

I don't understand the pleasure they get from this.

throwaway3306a|1 year ago

What's so bad about the idea? I like the idea, this is not well executed but I am looking forward Apple making something like it - maybe by just improving the WatchOS.