Jony Ive, during the announcement of a $6.5 billion AI hardware collaboration between his startup io and OpenAI, criticized last year’s AI devices – the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI Pin. Describing them as “very poor products,” Ive highlighted a lack of innovation in their design. Early reviews echoed his sentiments, labeling the Humane AI Pin as non-functional and the Rabbit R1 as a less capable smartphone variant. Humane, led by former Apple staff like io, has been acquihired by HP and discontinued the AI Pins, while Rabbit continues to develop its AI assistant and operating system with new updates and trials despite losing initial hype.
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