There’s a small, previously unhyped company called Rabbit that has quietly created a large, action model, Lamb, an AI agent capable of executing tasks on your behalf. The company has just announced its R1 service, a reimagination of the computer and smartphone, powered almost entirely by its large action model.
If you haven’t heard about Rabbit before, you need to take a look at their keynote. Hi everyone, my name is Jesse, and I’m the founder and CEO of Rabbit. I’m so excited to be here today to present two revolutionary things we’ve been working on: a foundational model and a groundbreaking consumer mobile device powered by it.
Our mission is to create the simplest computer, something so intuitive that you don’t need to learn how to use it. The best way to achieve this is to break away from app-based operating systems currently used by smartphones. Instead, we envision a natural language-centered approach. The computer we’re building, which we call a companion, should be able to talk, understand, and, more importantly, get things done for you. The future of human-machine interfaces should be more intuitive.
Before we get started, let’s take a look at the existing mobile devices that we use daily. The smartphone, like iPhone and Android phones, has been around for years. The problem with these devices, however, is not the hardware form factor but what’s inside – the app-based operating system. Want to get a ride to the office? There’s an app for that. Want to buy groceries? There’s another app for that. Each time you want to do something, you fumble through multiple pages and folders to find the app you want to use, and there are always endless buttons that you need to click, add to the cart, go to the next page, check the boxes, and jumping back and forth. The smartphone was supposed to be intuitive, but with hundreds of apps on your phone today that don’t work together, it no longer is.
If you look at the top-ranking apps on app stores today, you’ll find that most of them focus on entertainment. Our smartphones have become the best device to kill time instead of saving it. Many people before us have tried to build simpler and more intuitive computers with AI. A decade ago, companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon made Siri, Cortana, and Alexa. With these smart speakers, they either don’t know what you’re talking about or fail to accomplish the tasks we ask for.
Recent achievements in large language models (LLMs), a type of AI technology, have made it much easier for machines to understand you. The popularity of LLM chatbots over the past years has shown that a natural language-based experience is the path forward. However, where these assistants struggle is still getting things done. For example, if you go to the chatbot and use your Expedia plug-in to book a ticket, it can suggest options but ultimately cannot assist you in completing the booking process from start to finish. The problem is forcing a model to perform a task it is not designed for. We have yet to produce an agent as good as users simply clicking the buttons.
In order to achieve our vision of a delightful, intuitive companion, we must go beyond a piece of complex software. We want it to be in the hands of everyone. So, we first set out to fundamentally understand how computer apps are structured and, more importantly, how humans interact with them. We wanted to find a way for our AI to trigger actions on behalf of users across all environments, not just a limited set of apps.
These applications share something in common: the interface. They all have a user interface. So, at a philosophical level, if we can make an AI trigger actions on any kind of interface, just like a human would, we will solve the problem. This insight led us to create the large action model, or Lamb, as we call it. It is a new foundational model that understands and executes human intentions on computers.
Driven by our research in neuro-symbolic systems, with a large action model, we fundamentally find a solution to the challenges that apps, APIs, or agents face. We solve it with interfaces. Lamb can learn any interface from any software, regardless of which platform they’re running on. In short, the large language model understands what you say, but the large action model gets things done. We use Lamb to bring AI from words to action.
Finally, we can build a computer that, in addition to understanding what you’re trying to say, can actually help you do things on your behalf. We pack the large action model into an advanced Rabbit OS operating system. It is built for real-time interactions between you and the Rabbit, powered by Lamb.
The concept and test results of the large action model are so powerful that we decided to make a one-of-a-kind mobile device. Introducing R1, your pocket companion. Designed in collaboration with teenage engineering, the R1 is a standalone device primarily driven by natural language. It comes with a touchscreen, a push-to-talk button, an analog scroll wheel, a microphone, speakers, and a computer vision-enabled 360-degree rotational camera, the Rabbit Eye. It is Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capable, and it has a global 4G LTE network SIM card slot.
R1 allows you to ask for anything like using a chatbot, but with the speed of Rabbit OS, the response time is 10 times faster than most voice AI projects. With the push-to-talk button, you don’t need to say anything to wake it up, just press and hold the button and talk like a walkie-talkie. R1 is equipped with everything you need to interact with and perceive your surroundings. It also comes with a built-in real-time translator and a note-taker, removing the final barriers to communication.
Rabbit R1 can interact with all kinds of applications through the Rabbit Hole web portal. The web portal allows you to log into different services and unlock functionalities for R1. It is just like iCloud. You can choose your preferred services and log in through them to get authenticated on your device. With the Rabbit Hole web portal, you have complete control over which services you want to activate on your R1 and which provider you prefer for music, for example.
In addition, R1 can make complex actions that may take multiple apps to finish on a smartphone. For example, it can help plan an entire trip for you, book tickets, get a ride, and order food. It even has a teach mode, where you can show R1 how to do something, and it will learn from you.
The Rabbit Eye onboard camera is designed for advanced computer vision and can analyze surroundings and take actions in real time. It can automatically detect the language spoken in the environment and provide bidirectional translation. It also comes equipped with a global 4G LTE SIM card slot, enabling worldwide connectivity.
Now, you might be wondering about the price. R1 is priced at $199, with no subscription or hidden fees. You can pre-order it now at rabbit.com, and it is expected to start shipping in early 2024. And remember, you have 14 days to cancel your order if you change your mind.
Rabbit has also showcased some of their research, highlighting their achievement in learning human actions on computer applications. Their large action model, Lamb, is the highest among all models when compared for web navigation tasks and has shown early signs of competitiveness. They have introduced Lamb as a model rooted in imitation or learning by demonstration, observing humans using the interface and replicating the processes reliably.
With all these advancements, Rabbit R1 seems to be the future of AI-powered operating systems, and it is setting a new standard for intuitive and seamless interactions with technology.
Some have raised questions about the authenticity and functionality of Rabbit R1, but we won’t know until the first people start receiving their R1s in a few months from now. This is a new generation of devices, and it looks like the future is AI-powered operating systems that complete tasks on your behalf.
So, what do you think? Do you think Rabbit R1 is real, and would you consider getting it to help you complete various tasks on your computer and phone? Let me know in the comments, and let’s continue the conversation.
This is cloud-based and requires an internet connection. As long as it's not a local LLM/LAM, it's not impressive. I'll wait for the first local LLM device. I'm guessing with the rate of advancements in efficiency, we'll have a usable AI OS installed locally on a mobile device within a couple of years.
This is 🔥🔥🔥
A smart phone has become a device to kill time rather than save it. That is so true and I never realized this. This is really exciting.
wow holy shit teenage engineering is realy blowing my mind right now i severely underestimated their capabilities
Why not make it into watch, bracelet or any wearable tech? My pockets are already overfilled 😀
⚠well now they just gave their new idea and invention to all the phone companies and im sure in the fall of 2024 all the phones will have an option to utilize there phone the same as the Rabbit R1 would then you dont even need to buy a additional product. great idea , horribly executed. should of never made a device, should of just made an operating system tha can go in to any device . cheapers all around and everyine could just be stuck with it when you by a new car, phone, alexa, all IOT products . would of been a billionaire by next summer hahahaa⚠
Could be useful if it actually works but could also be dangerous. I don't think an 80% or so " machine learning" accuracy is good enough yet. I agree with the keynote comments confirming but not showing that the tasks requested were actually performed and correctly performed. So he ordered a specific pizza but where is it? and was it the correct order? I'd hate to book and confirm an Uber for an event I had to go to on the Rabbit only to have it not show up. As for the dangers of using it what protections are in place ? He mentions privacy but what about things such as say asking it to plan a terrorist attack and how to make a bomb . sure anyone can go on the Internet and research how to make a bomb but how would Rabbit respond would it say I'm sorry I can't ….. or would it go ahead and assist you with it? Then it would be but you confirmed it…..
I'm certainly not rushing out to pre order one and does it have universal compatibility?
i think once the nerds get their hands on it and make it open source etc we all will be better off. also this company is really new and was able to skirt kickstarter for start up costs, that's highly suspect to me. not to mention the ceo is chinese. not all chinese are the ccp but yea i dont trust anyone.
100% SCAM … shame on u …
With a Subscription that will equal the price of the device
"reimagining computers"
no. it's literally just the return of the pager
It's a cool gimmick as of now and might grow into something great with the synchronization of brain-computer interfaces, but the reality as of now is that it is a modern Alexa / Siri. People do not like to use voice commands in their day to day activities like they are able to discretely use their smartphones.
Interesting idea….but i don't understand a hardware solution for a software problem
This looks like so much crap. Why do youtuber gush over this garbage?
Well, this could actually be just an app on my phone tho
Not sure about their payment auth, should use some biometrics sensor, otherwise I’m scared for my pocket.
••⟩ I believe we are meant to be like Jesus in our hearts and not in our flesh. But be careful of AI, for it knows only things of the flesh such as our fleshly desires and cannot comprehend things of the Spirit such as true love and eternal joy that comes from obeying God's Word [Galatians 5:16-26]. Man is a spirit and has a soul but lives in a body which is flesh. When you go to bed it is the flesh that sleeps, but your spirit never sleeps and that is why you have dreams, unless you have died in peace physically. More so, true love that endures and last is a thing of the heart. When I say 'heart', I mean 'spirit'. But fake love, pretentious love, love with expectations, love for classic reasons, love for material reasons (love because of material needs) and love for selfish reasons those are things of the flesh. In the beginning God said let us make man in our own image, according to our likeness. Take note, God is Spirit and God is Love. As Love He is the source of it. We also know that God is Omnipotent, for He creates out of nothing and He has no beginning and has no end. That means, our love is but a shadow of God's Love. True love looks around to see who is in need of your help, your smile, your possessions, your money, your strength, your quality time. Love forgives and forgets. Love wants for others what it wants for itself. However, true love works in conjunction with other spiritual forces such as patience and faith – in the finished work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, rather than in what man has done such as science, technology and organizations which won't last forever. To avoid sin and error which leads to the death of your body and your spirit-soul in hell fire (second death), you must make God's Word the standard for your life, not AI. If not, God will let you face AI on your own (with your own strength) and it will cast the truth down to the ground, it will be the cause of so much destruction like never seen before, it will deceive many and take many captive in order to enslave them into worshipping it and abiding in lawlessness. We can only destroy ourselves but with God all things are possible. God knows us better because He is our Creater and He knows our beginning and our end. The prove texts can be found in the book of John 5:31-44, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Daniel 2, Daniel 7-9, Revelation 13-15, Matthew 24-25 and Luke 21.
HOW TO MAKE GOD'S WORD THE STANDARD FOR YOUR LIFE?
You must read your Bible slowly, attentively and repeatedly, having this in mind that Christianity is not a religion but a Love relationship. It is measured by the love you have for God and the love you have for your neighbor. Matthew 5:13 says, "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men." Our spirits can only be purified while in the body (while on earth) but after death anything unpurified (unclean) cannot enter Heaven Gates. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God [Matthew 5:8]. No one in his right mind can risk or even bare to put anything rotten into his body nor put the rotten thing closer to the those which are not rotten. Sin makes the heart unclean but you can ask God to forgive you, to save your soul, to cleanse you of your sin, to purify your heart by the blood of His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ which He shed here on earth because Isaiah 53:5 says, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed". Meditation in the Word of God is a visit to God because God is in His Word. We know God through His Word because the Word He speaks represent His heart's desires. Meditation is a thing of the heart, not a thing of the mind. Thinking is lower level while meditation is upper level. You think of your problems, your troubles but inorder to meditate, you must let go of your own will, your own desires, your own ways and let the Word you read prevail over thinking process by thinking of it more and more, until the Word gets into your blood and gains supremacy over you. That is when meditation comes – naturally without forcing yourself, turning the Word over and over in your heart. You can be having a conversation with someone while meditating in your heart – saying 'Thank you, Jesus…' over and over in your heart. But it is hard to meditate when you haven't let go of offence and past hurts. Your pain of the past, leave it for God, don't worry yourself, Jesus is alive, you can face tomorrow, He understands what you are passing through today. Begin to meditate on this prayer day and night (in all that you do), "Lord take more of me and give me more of you. Give me more of your holiness, faithfulness, obedience, self-control, purity, humility, love, goodness, kindness, joy, patience, forgiveness, wisdom, understanding, calmness, perseverance… Make me a channel of shinning light where there is darkness, a channel of pardon where there is injury, a channel of love where there is hatred, a channel of humility where there is pride…" The Word of God becomes a part of us by meditation, not by saying words but spirit prayer (prayer from the heart). Take note, God is Spirit and those who worship Him should do so in spirit and truth (genuinely by living the Word). When the Word becomes a part of you, it will by its very nature influence your conduct and behavior. Your bad habits, you will no longer have the urge to do them. You will think differently, dream differently, act differently and talk differently – if something does not qualify for meditation, it does not qualify for conversation.
THE BATTLE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS (GOOD AND EVIL)
Heaven is God's throne and the dwelling place for God's angels and the saints. Hell was meant for the devil (satan) and the fallen angels. Those who torture the souls in hell are demons (unclean spirits). Man's spirit is a free moral agent. You can either yield yourself to God or to the devil because God has given us discretion. If one thinks he possesses only his own spirit, he is lying to himself and he is already in the dark. God is light while the devil is darkness. Light (Holy Spirit) and darkness (evil spirit) cannot stay together in a man's body. God is Love (Love is light) and where there is no love is hell, just as where there is no light is darkness. The one you yield yourself to, you will get his reward. The reward of righteousness to man's spirit is life (abundant life) and the reward of sin to man's spirit is death. Sin and satan are one and the same. Whatever sin can cause, satan also can cause. Sin is what gives the devil dominion or power over man's spirit. When God's Word becomes a part of you, sin power over you is broken, you become the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. Where Jesus is, you are and when He went (to the Father), you went. In the book of John 8:42-47, Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.” My prayer is, "May God bless His Word in the midst of your heart." Glory and honour be to God our Father, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and our Helper the Holy Spirit. Watch and pray!… Thank you for your time and may God bless you as you share this message with others.
I think they give that design house too much credit. Why would you design a device with a uni-button that's gonna be pressed 10,000 times in the shape and size of a nail's head. I know pastel colors are probably almost on the their way out, but that bright orange is uncomfortable to look at.
They could totally skip the hardware and be just an app…
obvious scam grift is obvious.
Watching this, I feel like I’m being punked. 30 minutes later I’m still waiting for the punch line or Ashton Kutcher to barge in with a gotcha moment.
Did Zuck morph into a Chinese teenager? Why don’t these techie people have normal human emotions? “Realtor eyes”. 👀
Wtf am I missing ? 😆
😅Eso salió hace 10 años en la película Her o ELLA
Now, finally, you can get stupid and fully dependent on the thoughts of this orange little machine.
Before the Flood, God said He would only DWELL with humanity for 120 years. The Twins Towers were reduced to DUST in 2001. That's 120(0) Zero is a multiplier. Zara is the Hebrew word for SEED which multiplies itself, a multiplier. Simple Gematria value of CORONA is 66 & 6+6=12 which seems to be the # of completion or the end. We're at the end of the Church Age which is the end of Common Grace. So when time runs out, there will be no hope for the faithless & unfaithful. Bc it will be the time of Judgement aka The Final HARVEST. Seek Jesus as your LORD & SAVIOR. Lord actually means HUSBAND. So the best way to describe it is a faithful marriage relationship with Jesus Christ who gives The Holy Spirit as your guide to enable you to WALK with Jesus, IF that's your heart's DESIRE (for your HUSBAND), in COVENANT
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TL:DR it’s cool but it is more of a novelty, and everyone talking about it is most likely getting paid. That said a $199 price point seems reasonable relative to other “smart” gadgets IF it works but this could easily be a “fake it til we make it” situation.
He's not wrong on the fact that everything is an app, and nothing works together, it's a clutter device
Is anyone talking about the talk interface not being usable in public spaces. We might be typing for a while.
now siri, Alexa has a goal to build towards.
I completely disagree with the take on app based OS. why can't a phone have both, and AI enhances the UX of existing apps, like AI tracking ur usage and providing a personalized UI to better suit my needs ?
This is dead in the water. Too much friction. People will still be checking their own phones to make sure they're not being shafted on pricing. Good for people that dont care about money, but for 99% of the other people, doesnt make sense. This will be dwarfed by apple and android by in no time.
Wtf Im not listening to a long winded sales pitch
It’s just an app.
All this tech would be very nice, if the whole internet wasn't censored like it is, and all govs trying to spy on us all the time. Those devices are only more tracking devices 🙁
Just bought me a Pokédex!
They developed an action model trained on the daily usage patterns of people’s devices. Yet, they opted to create a completely new device, despite there being more devices than humans. Why not release a web app instead, accessible to everyone? This way, data could be collected from a much larger pool of people who already use multiple devices and apps daily.
It's name, logo, orange plastic design and price reminds me on ads where they will give you third product for free if you order two!
Or, you will soon see it on second hand market for a price like $1!
I just do not think it is capable of doing much more tasks than those few trained for presentation in the video.
Ähhm? Sorry why is this not just an app? Apps are fine, I think…
Looks like lower end smartphone) you can download app to make same on your regular smartphones)