Remember Rabbit R1? You can now train the AI device to perform tasks
It's time to dust off your Rabbit R1
đ° Rabbit R1 just got a little more useful
đšâđ« Users can teach it to perform complex tasks
đ The feature is available to beta participants
đŹ Rabbit R1 launched in May 2024, but many people criticized it for being unfinished
The Rabbit R1 was one of the most exciting devices of 2024 but fell far short of its promise. However, that hasnât stopped Rabbit from rolling out new updates to its bright orange device, including a new feature that lets you teach the R1 to perform tasks for you.
A beta version of Rabbitâs âTeach modeâ is now available, which lets you create and ask your own AI agent to automate actions on different digital interfaces, starting with websites.
You wonât need to know how to code or have super software development skills, either. Rabbit R1âs teach mode learns to perform tasks by studying your actions. Once recorded, you can ask the AI agent to recall the lesson to automate the task on your behalf.
The usefulness of teach mode will depend entirely on how you want to use it, and you still have to perform the task yourself first. The feature is still experimental for now, which probably wonât surprise early adopters of the Rabbit R1.
In our Rabbit R1 review, we warned people against buying the AI device. âThe Rabbit R1 is an AI device thatâs ambitious, but half-baked; you should hold off on buying it for $199. Itâs a lot like software chatbots like ChatGPT, with the twist that I can carry the AI around in a dedicated, real-world piece of hardware. The problem? This bright orange gadget doesnât work as advertised. Iâve been testing The R1 non-stop for almost two weeks and three software updates in, itâs still missing features.â
Adam Vjestica is The Shortcutâs Senior Editor. Formerly TechRadarâs Gaming Hardware Editor, Adam has also worked at Nintendo of Europe as a Content Marketing Editor, where he helped launch the Nintendo Switch. Follow him on X @ItsMrProducts.