A few days ago, at the 2024 CES (Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas), known as the "Spring Festival Gala of the technology industry", an AI hardware that can fit in your pocket successfully attracted the world's attention.
A rotating camera for shooting, a scroll wheel button for interaction, and a screen of only 2.88 inches make up this small, lightweight handheld device in square orange, nicknamed the Cyber "Rabbit" by many - Rabbit R1. The reason why it has attracted attention is because this AI-driven pocket assistant offers a new way of human-computer interaction.
When it comes to mobile phones, we have to mention the App installed in the mobile phone, most of the functions of the mobile phone are realized through third-party apps, and these APPs are the main entrance to human-computer interaction.
Rabbit R1 is based on the development of AI large models, which can achieve a new interactive experience in which users can give instructions through one-click voice and AI directly execute. In other words, it can help users directly achieve daily tasks such as translation, ordering food delivery, on-demand music, taxi, and checking stock prices that would otherwise be done through apps.
For example, users only need to hold it and point it at the forum on the computer screen, ask "what are you discussing", and it can refine and summarize what they have "seen", and then give the results.
For example, if you ask it about food, "How do I eat to lose weight?" and it will give you several optimal fat-loss meal combinations based on the foods it can "see".
Although the Rabbit R1 still has many problems such as a single interactive interface (not able to touch the screen), a single interaction mode (only voice), and a slow response to complex questions from users, it is still welcomed by the market - sales exceeded 10,000 units on the first day of sales, exceeded 50,000 units in the first week, and pre-sale orders have even been scheduled for July this year.
What's really appealing is not the look and feel of it, but the AI technology behind it and the industry changes it can bring.
In fact, before Rabbit R1, Humane, a company founded by a former Apple employee, released the AI Pin, a smart terminal powered by an artificial intelligence model, in November 2023.
Two months ago, OpenAI also participated in the layout of related AI large model terminal hardware projects. Not only that, PCs, home appliances and other terminal devices are also applying AI technology to improve the user experience.
While technology companies are working hard to make the "iPhone in the field of AI", mainstream mobile phone manufacturers are not idle, not only fully embracing the large model, but also have begun to put the large model into the latest flagship models one after another.
For example, Samsung recently released the Galaxy S24 series of large-scale mobile phones on the end-side side, but in comparison, the 7 billion parameter large-model mobile phone Find X7 series of domestic mobile phone manufacturers OPPO was released earlier and has more advantages in performance.
Compared with the small AI terminal device, the AI functions that can be provided by the 70-parameter large model on the Find X7 series are undoubtedly more powerful and richer.
For example, for photography enthusiasts, its "OPPO AI Elimination" function is more practical. In the past, it was necessary to remove people or objects from the photo while keeping the scenery you wanted.
On the Find X7 series, you only need to move your fingers to do it. Just a light circle of passers-by or items you want to eliminate, AI will automatically identify them, and they can be eliminated in one second, and at the same time, they will generate a natural fill screen, and it is as simple as saving waste films.
And from the point of view of the effect of elimination, even if there are more characters on the original picture, after being eliminated by AI, it can be done as if the characters have never appeared, and the background is restored very naturally, and there is no smearing phenomenon.
In addition to the convenience of "saving waste films", there is also the vividness of ultra-clear group photos.
In the upcoming Spring Festival, when taking a family photo, you only need to turn on the AI ultra-clear group photo function, which can intelligently identify and enhance the clarity of the face in the group photo. Compared with the facial optimization of traditional mobile phones, the Find X7 series realizes the generation of high-definition details such as facial texture, hair, and eyebrows with the help of AI, so that everyone can become the protagonist of the photo.
In work and life, the Find X7 series can provide the "OPPO AI Language Summary" that makes recording efficiency skyrocket.
When it comes to answering important phone calls, information logging is undoubtedly the most troublesome. However, if you click "Smart Summary" on the call interface, the AI will record the key content of the call in the form of text.
Different from voice conversion, it will summarize the key points of the call, classify and classify the important information such as name, mobile phone number, time and place in the call, and list a series of "to-do items". In the face of important phone calls, conference call minutes, etc., this function is a proper secret weapon to save the scene.
The integration of the Find X7 series and AI technology does not stop there, with the empowerment of the device-side large model, the "new Xiaobu Assistant" is more like a personal exclusive assistant that understands users more and more - it can not only help users quickly complete various mobile phone system settings and exclusive service recommendations, but also easily control more than 100 practical functions such as plan generation, speeches, PPT outlines, resumes, text polishing, etc.
These are only part of what the Find X7 series can do, and along the way to the market, OPPO has also been constantly improving its functions, less than a month after the release of the new machine, it has completed many optimizations and upgrades, and with the optimization and upgrading, mobile phone users have also unlocked more and more practical functions. For example, a new "Year of the Dragon New Year Watermark" has recently been unlocked, which is super with a sense of New Year's atmosphere, which is convenient for everyone's Spring Festival atmosphere pictures to come out directly.
Whether it is a small-scale test of small terminals such as Rabbit R1 and AI Pin, or the large-scale mass production of the Find X7 series, it is an example of the development of large AI models in terminals.
Among these products, whether there is an "iPhone in the field of AI" may still need time to be verified, but it is certain that with the drive of these pioneers, the practicality of AI technology and the functionality of electronic products will be enriched and improved. And the opportunity for industry change triggered by this process may be in the near future.
As a user, when you see innovative AI products coming out, you might as well try them out, because they will not only bring more convenience and fun to our lives, but also may hide rare opportunities in them.