This piece is interesting in how peculiar it is, but I'd say not newsworthy.
I did learn at least that there is some NFT history behind the company rabbit, which I was unaware of.
As long as it is released to the public with the functionalities and performance that were promised.
https://x.com/jessechenglyu/status/1767363848145969315?s=46&...
Definitely overly aggressive gotcha type stuff. Journos usually give a chance for a response before writing such attacks.
"Our mission is to create the simplest computer, something so intuitive you don't need to learn to use it"
and the transcript for the one they selected says
"The meeting focused on creating a simple and intuitive computer, without the need for learning how to use it".
So while it's understandable they selected the wrong entry, it is a bit curious that the audio mismatches from the transcript of the one they selected.
Perhaps they're running the audio capture though some sort of GPT to make it more like naturally written?
This theory makes the most sense to me.
The audio clip mismatch is a bit more questionable, but the simplest explanation is that they recorded two takes of the demo, and accidentally played back the clip from the previous take.
The only really damning thing is that this is something Siri could do a decade ago.
No reason to think it's not possible or fake ? and otherwise it's very close to being real and doable.
The device seems like a recorder + some speech transcription (probably open-source like whisper or similar), nothing really crazy or impossible.
But how far will these companies go to fake their own products in front of VCs and customers to qualify as deceptive advertising?
Might as well go for 90% of these other vapourware tech / AI companies promising their snake oil to the public.
