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We recorded 7 claims from this post. 3 were checked against evidence. 4 can’t be checked. 1 more is held. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (7)

In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.

  1. Assessment: SupportedSaid

    “The device — which costs $200 — has already started shipping and the reviews are not good.”

    What we tested: The $200 Rabbit R1 AI device has started shipping and its reviews are not good.

    What happened: Rabbit reports actual customer handovers and, elsewhere in the same update, customers beginning to receive devices. Customer distribution had begun. (Rabbit, )

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Though I am not a tax attorney or an accountant, nor do I have any insight beyond what’s publicly available, this highly suggests that Rabbit Inc cannot currently do business in the State of California, where it is headquartered.”

    What we tested: Rabbit Inc.'s forfeited status strongly suggests it cannot currently do business in California, where it is headquartered.

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “At the very least, Jesse Lyu should comprehensively explain what has happened here and be honest and forthright with his explanations.”

    What we tested: Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu should give a full, honest explanation of what happened with GAMA and Cyber Manufacture.

  4. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “I also want Lyu to apologize to anyone who invested in GAMA, and the multiple people he has attempted to gaslight by suggesting he had no relationship with the company.”

    What we tested: Zitron wants Jesse Lyu to apologize to anyone who invested in GAMA and to the multiple people Lyu has attempted to gaslight by suggesting he had no relationship with the company.

  5. Assessment: UnresolvedSaid

    “Lyu — and, for that matter, Rabbit/Cyber Manufacture Co. — has failed to be transparent with its customers, the press, and the public writ large. And yet he demands an unbelievable amount of faith from users of the Rabbit R1, who must provide their usernames and passwords for any service they wish to connect to the device by remotely connecting into a virtual machine and typing them.”

    What we tested: Lyu and Rabbit have not been transparent, yet R1 users must hand over usernames and passwords for connected services through a remote virtual machine.

  6. Assessment: SupportedSaid

    “And all of this is deeply relevant at a time when Rabbit’s R1 device has launched without several key features, such as “Teach Mode” and a stable, reliable version of its alleged “Large Action Model.””

    What we tested: The Rabbit R1 launched without key features, including Teach Mode and a stable, reliable version of its Large Action Model.

    What happened: David Pierce's launch-period testing found repeated failures to complete Uber and DoorDash requests, alongside unreliable Spotify behavior. These firsthand results support the ordinary reading that the delivered action system was not dependable. (The Verge, )

  7. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “I also believe that Jesse Lyu owes reporters he has talked to and users that have paid him money thorough explanations as to what happened to his previous ventures, what happened to the funds raised by said ventures, and why he has so thoroughly sought to obfuscate their existence.”

    What we tested: Zitron believes Jesse Lyu owes the reporters he has talked to and the users who have paid him money thorough explanations of what happened to his previous ventures, what happened to the funds those ventures raised, and why he has so thoroughly sought to obfuscate their existence.

Held from this post (1)

These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.

  • The criteria are ambiguous. Our reading, not assessed: From what Zitron can tell, the exact same corporate entity that was selling NFTs and hyping an AI-powered metaverse platform is now, mere months after disappearing on its users, selling an AI-powered gadget after raising $30 million in venture capital.