The Rabbit R1: all the latest news about this hare-raising AI gadget

With artificial intelligence being so prevalent across, well, just about everything these days, it’s no small feat for AI developers to make their products stand out among the deluge. Very few have managed to capture as much attention as Rabbit, the AI startup that’s managed to sell 40,000 units of its standalone $199 R1 gadget within eight days of launching the device at CES in January this year.

The AI-powered Rabbit OS behind the Rabbit R1 is essentially a dedicated virtual assistant that’s designed to interact with your favorite apps like a kind of universal controller. The OS is built upon a “Large Action Model” trained to interact with common apps like Spotify and Uber to get things done; from sending messages, controlling music, making online purchases, and more.

At around half the size of an iPhone, the orange Rabbit R1 gadget was designed in collaboration with Teenage Engineering, and features a 2.88-inch touchscreen, a scrolling navigation wheel, and a rotating camera. It’s a little reminiscent of the Playdate handheld game console.

We’re keeping track of all the latest updates surrounding the Rabbit R1 so that nothing gets buried in the hype — providing the device lives up to its sizable expectations.

• Rabbit shows off the AI agent it should have launched with
• Rabbit now lets you teach the R1 to perform tasks for you
• The Rabbit R1 now lets you remake its whole interface
• Correction: Only 5,000 people are using the Rabbit R1 at any given time, not in a day.
• Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu isn’t thinking too far ahead
• Only 5,000 people are using the Rabbit R1 at any given time
• “The object you are holding appears to be a tomato, not something intended for consumption.”
• “You’re holding a taco!”
• Battle of the AI gadgets.
• An OpenAI outage briefly broke push-to-talk requests on all Rabbit R1 devices.
• Take a look inside the Rabbit R1 and the Humane AI Pin.
• Rabbit R1 review: nothing to see here
• Turns out the Rabbit R1 was just an Android app all along
• The Rabbit R1’s first software update addresses its dismal battery life
• “What are we doing here?”
• Can Rabbit’s R1 outsmart the smartphone assistants? Let’s find out!
• “This should be an app.”
• The Rabbit R1 was faster than expected at one thing.
• A morning with the Rabbit R1: a fun, funky, unfinished AI gadget
• I got my Rabbit R1.
• Hello from the Rabbit R1 launch party!
• The Rabbit R1 comes with a “vintage cassette style travel case.”
• Welcome to the AI gadget era
• The Rabbit R1 will start shipping on Easter Sunday (March 31st).
• Checking in on the Rabbit R1’s note-taking prowess.
• The Rabbit R1’s built-in audio is the worst way to listen to The Gorillaz.
• The Rabbit R1 will receive live info from Perplexity’s AI ‘answer engine’
• What’s Rabbit working on with Perplexity AI?
• Rabbit, Ballie, and the other gadgets of CES 2024
• The Rabbit R1 is selling quick as a bunny.
• I don’t get the hype about the Rabbit R1.
• The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you