The Rabbit R1 is AI’s favorite toy. So why isn’t it more fun?

This is the year of AI hardware, and it’s already been a disappointment. It began with the launch of the poorly designed Humane AI Pin, which seems to have crashed and burned out of the gate. And now, as I and other journalists have tried the Rabbit R1, it doesn’t seem to be inspiring much more confidence in this first wave of AI gadgets. The Rabbit R1 broke out as an unexpected success story in January 2024. It wasn’t here promising the second coming of the smartphone like Humane. It...