Microsoft has been active in AI activities for the past few months and the company is clearly ready for anything unique that comes to the market. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was speaking in an interview, where he talked about the impact of CES and what products caught his attention at the CE 2024 event earlier this month.

Nadella gave a product credit and also compared it to the launch of the first iPhone by Steve Jobs in the late 2000s.

Microsoft chief impressed by Rabbit R1 AI device, which he claims could be the future of natural interfaces. “I thought the demo of Rabbit OS and the device was great. I guess I should say, after Jobs and the launch of the iPhone, this is probably one of the most impressive presentations I’ve seen about what’s possible next for an agent-centric operating system (OS) interface,” Nadella told Bloomberg. quoted as saying.

It’s interesting to hear Nadella talking about the R1 AI device, especially since his company is extensively involved in this area and in a whirlwind sequence of events last month hired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as head of the AI ​​division. was appointed. AI is certainly shaping the future of the tech industry, which is certainly going to come at the cost of job losses, which we’ve been seeing recently at Google, Amazon, and Meta, among others.

So what is the Rabbit R1? It’s a $200 (roughly Rs. 17,000) device that performs in-app activities on your behalf. The device uses a large action model to perform tasks like ordering food or a cab for you. The R1 hopes to replace smartphones for people. The device features a 2.88-inch touch screen housed in a handheld console-like body. It reminds you of the PlayDate console, which plays retro-style games.

It is powered by a 2.3GHz MediaTek processor, 4GB RAM, and 128GB storage. It also has a rotating camera for optics. To use it, you have to press the “Push-to-Talk” button and this activates the Rabbit OS, and it starts listening for signals.