Rabbit’s new AI agent doesn’t need an R1 to run
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Rabbit decoupling its agent from the R1 hardware and pushing OS3 to Windows, Mac, and Linux is a pivot from gadget to platform. For operators, it’s another data point that pure AI hardware plays are fragile—distribution will favor agents that live where users already are.
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