The founders of Rabbit R1, a supposed competitor of the smartphone, are also behind the launch of a faulty NFT project that they would have hidden from the web.
The $ 200 rabbit was created by CEO Jesse Lyu and Invoice as “the future of the human-machine interface”. However, its elegant design and funky scrolling were not enough to court the technicians and the device was strongly criticized at the exit.
Now, the negative reception of Rabbit R1 has drawn attention to Lyu’s previous work on a missed NFT project called Gama. Lyu was CEO of Gama’s parent company, Cyber Manufacture Co., before her renowned at Rabbit Inc. in October 2023.
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Gama said he was a 3D platform game on the theme of the “Premium” space that incorporated NFTS and was presented in 2022 as the metavese of the future. However, barely two years later, The Gama.io domain no longer works and the site can only be visualized Via the Internet archive of the Wayback machine.
An article on X of the lawyer of the Andy Parackal complaints that the GAMA team has deleted each YouTube video involving the CEO of Rabbit. Fortunately, Parackal said He recorded one of Lyu’s interviews before she was suffered.
He said, “We had the whole video; These guys are total scratches. I said from the first day that these guys are summary … They try to delete everything involved in Gama NFTS. »»
Indeed, the YouTube Gama channel contain Videos relating to the Gama project, but nothing, especially Lyu.
Aaron Li, who claims to have built the technical systems behind Gama, said Parackal we have not said to delete anything and this parackal “can be reacted excessively. “”
Li told Protos that the Lyu team sought to have developed an AI engine for Gama before using it for Rabbit and that “naturally, Gama was suspended when priority has changed”.
He added: “I believe that the deletion of videos promoting Gama is the right thing to do … This sends a message on what the team wants to do and reduces the risk of scams in the name of Rabbit or Gama. »»
Li also said that he thought there was no deliberate attempt to hide, deceive or defraud, and that throughout his interactions with Jesse and his team, they seemed to act in good faith .
The history of the NFT of the CEO of Rabbit Inc. adds increasing complaints
The R1 rabbit is based on the AI to perform various tasks that its creators hoped to eliminate the need to scroll over back and forth between several applications. But it was greeted by growing criticism.
Tech YouTuber BROWNLEE brands said In a journal that has the R1 rabbit “hallucinous” and “answers in complete confidence to bad questions”. He calls the life of his “brutally bad” battery, describes his scrolling function as “super slow” and complains about his restrictive touch screen.
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The penis too reported This Rabbit R1 operating system is not as unique of applications as Rabbit inc. Indeed, someone is would have Execute the Rabbit launcher as an Android application on a Google Pixel 6a.
In response, Rabbit said to The Verge: “Rabbit R1 is not an Android application … Rabbit OS and LAM run on the cloud with AOSP firmware modifications and very custom level, therefore a Bootleg APK Local without the termination points of the operating system and the appropriate cloud cannot access our service. Rabbit OS is personalized for R1 and we do not take care of third -party customers. »»
A full answer can be found on its X account.
Protos has sent an email to Rabbit Inc. for more information on Jesse Lyu’s NFT project and the deletion reported of videos and will update this piece if we hear.
Update of May 3, 10:02 UTC: Adding a response from Aaron Li discussing Rabbit’s journey from the Gama Nft project.
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