Rabbit Is Back, This Time With an AI Agent App

Lyu's gadget was among the first in the gold rush to create dedicated AI hardware that acted as a virtual assistant. You could speak into the R1 and ask it to complete tasks for you—book an Uber; order food on DoorDash. After a buzzy launch at CES 2024, it earned scathing reviews. All the agentic stuff on the R1 just didn't work that well. WIRED gave it a 3/10.

Since those early days, the capabilities of AI assistants have vastly improved, and now the tech is all the rage. So Rabbit is banging the drum again.

On Tuesday, Rabbit announced OS3, a standalone “agentic operating system” designed to run across multiple screens. It also arrives as a software update for the company's R1 gadget, though you don't need an R1 to use it. Instead, you can access OS3 through a desktop browser, Telegram on your phone, or even iMessage.