Just 5k people use the Rabbit R1 every day
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I got one as a gift - been trying to sell it unsuccessfully for months now…
That they didn't do this is rather unfortunate, because it should in theory be quite possible. Heck given recent advances in small parameter models, it might even be possible to run locally with some custom HW.
A voice only interface capable of running any android app would be pretty cool. I doubt Google will ever release that (I'd love to be proved wrong) if simply because it risks destroying the display ads market.
When they inevitably get hacked and your money gets stolen, you won't have any recourse because you authorized them to act on your behalf.
Of course this could be solved if their models ran locally on your phone and interacted with target apps through accessibility APIs, but then they're just another app.
Every part of their business is either not practical or downright insane if you think about it for more than a minute.
The problem is that it has to work _all of the time_ and be perfectly analogous to the non-voice control equivalent.
Otherwise, even in basic things like dictation it fails, because if you message a friend using dictation, the punctuation, capitalization, mumbles and other things make it seem jarring to them as if someone else is suddenly speaking.
EDIT: it's found a home!
[1] https://x.com/snazzylabs/status/1838770446801735798?s=46
It still feels to me like there has to be an angle that I'm missing.
What big tech companies? Rabbit doesn't have any competition.
So instead of pulling out your phone to use it, you have this additional device you bought for 200 bucks.
... and the word 'people' in the title was just being politically correct.
(It also kind of ironic rewatching that video now considering all the bad press Brownlee is getting for is $50 per year wallpaper app [2].)
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddTV12hErTc [2] https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24253023/mkbhd-panels-wal...