Zachariah@lemmy.world
on 11 Dec 2024 03:46
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AI company Embodied announced this week that they would be shutting down following financial difficulties and a sudden withdrawal of funding. Embodied’s main product was Moxie, an AI-powered social robot specifically made with autistic children in mind. The robot itself cost $799.00 and now, following the closure of Embodied, it will cease to function.
MadhuGururajan@programming.dev
on 11 Dec 2024 04:07
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Hmm more and more reasons to hack and flash open source firmware
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 11 Dec 2024 07:22
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Wanted to snag one but apparently they’re all in the US, shame
ilmagico@lemmy.world
on 11 Dec 2024 07:19
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Why not just open-source Moxie?” We hear you. We are not dismissing the idea, but
this would be a complex undertaking, tied up in legal, technical, and contractual knots. With limited
resources, transitioning to open-source is no simple step. However, given your passionate input, we
are exploring every avenue—from potential acquisitions and philanthropic support to
community-driven models—that could allow Moxie’s mission to live on.
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Hmm more and more reasons to hack and flash open source firmware
There are a few up on eBay already
Wanted to snag one but apparently they’re all in the US, shame
Edit: source: linkedin
Hack it and make it a leftie LLM “Seize the means of making cookies”
This is sad. Never cared for an AI robot for kids myself, but it seemed to work well…
So, what, they all go to a landfill? Such horseshit that companies like this don’t have to clean up after themselves…