The Rabbit R1 will receive live info from Perplexity’s AI ‘answer engine’

CES 2024 is buzzing with excitement over the latest announcement from Rabbit, a $199 AI gadget designed by Teenage Engineering. The partnership with Perplexity promises to revolutionize the device by providing live, up-to-date answers without any knowledge cutoff. The collaboration aims to offer a seamless user experience, with the first 100,000 purchases of the Rabbit R1 including a complimentary one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro, featuring access to newer LLMs like GPT-4.

Rabbit’s R1 offers a futuristic user experience with a 2.88-inch touchscreen, scrolling navigation wheel, and a rotating camera. Marketed as a pocket-sized universal controller, it boasts a Large Action Model AI that can perform various tasks, from sending messages to making online orders. Perplexity AI, on the other hand, is combining search capabilities with advanced language models like GPT-3.5 to compete with major players in the AI industry, like Google and Bing.