Engadget Podcast: Kill the Rabbit (R1)

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Engadget Podcast: ***** the Rabbit (R1)

The Rabbit R1 is finally here, and it’s yet another useless AI gadget. Sure, at $199 with no monthly fee, it’s a lot cheaper than the $699 Humane AI Pin. But the R1 is slow, hard to use, and doesn’t actually do much. The much-promised “Large Action Model” mostly powers things you can easily do on your phone. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget’s Sam Rutherford chat with

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about the Rabbit R1 and whether AI devices are necessary at all. Just like cameras, the best AI device is the one you always have with you: your smartphone.

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Topics

• Rabbit R1 review: appealing design, underwhelming performance – 0:49

• Tesla lays off Supercharger development team leaving future of the network unclear – 25:28

• FCC fines U.S. wireless carriers $200m for selling customer location data – 30:05

• Razer will refund all Zephyr mask purchases over false N95 filtering claims – 32:52

• Drake deletes track featuring an AI clone of Tupac Shakur’s voice – 35:16

• Working on – 36:23

• Pop culture picks – 40:18

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Credits

Hosts: Devindra Hardawar and Sam Rutherford
Guest: Lisa Eadicicco from CNET
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien

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