Jun 06, 2024 21:00:00

Report that the AI device 'rabbit r1' was a fraudulent product that repeatedly said 'that function is in preparation' when purchased

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Rabbit R1 ' is an AI device equipped with a camera and voice input/output function, and is advertised as being able to perform a variety of operations such as 'requesting food delivery,' 'sending emails,' and 'playing music' through AI processing. However, Coffeezilla , a fraud prevention YouTuber who actually obtained the Rabbit R1, has criticized the Rabbit R1 as a fraudulent product.

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The rabbit r1 looks like this. It features a simple appearance with a display, front and rear cameras, and a control wheel.

When Rabbit R1 was announced, it was touted that it would use AI to enable operations such as 'deciding on a menu while talking and ordering from a food delivery service' and 'telling the robot your favorite music and playing it.'

However, users who actually got the rabbit r1 complained about the low quality of the AI's response and the low level of completion, such as 'the quality of the AI's response is low' and 'even if you request delivery, you are told that the function is in preparation.' From

about 59 seconds into the movie below, you can see how Coffeezilla actually uses rabbit r1, but even if you ask him to 'order breakfast,' he is told that 'Doordash Rabbit (delivery order function) is under maintenance,' and even if you ask him to 'tell everyone that I'm going to be a little late,' he says, 'I recommend that you contact me directly,' so it is completely unusable as an AI assistant.

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The rabbit r1 development team also promoted the app by saying, 'Rabbit r1 is equipped with a Large Action Model. This allows it to understand the button layout on a web page and automatically perform tasks such as booking accommodation.' However, in reality, the app was only running the browser operation automation app ' Playwright ' internally, and the function of 'recognizing the button layout on a web page using AI' was not executed. It was also revealed that the Playwright script is simply hard-coded into the app, so it will stop working if the layout of the supported website changes even slightly.

Taking the above into consideration, Coffeezilla is accusing Rabbit R1 of being a fraudulent product.

It should be noted that 'rabbit inc.', which sells rabbit r1, was originally a company that operated under the name 'Cyber Manufacture Co.'. 'Cyber Manufacture Co.' is a company that mainly deals with NFTs, and once raised funds under the pretext of developing the NFT-based game ' GAMA .' However, GAMA appears to have ended the project without ever being brought to market.