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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hmm more and more reasons to hack and flash open source firmware

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

Edit: source: linkedin

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are a few up on eBay already

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Wanted to snag one but apparently they're all in the US, shame

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Hack it and make it a leftie LLM "Seize the means of making cookies"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

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. 

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

This is sad. I know personally many people that worked there and they're some of the best engineers. Never cared for an AI robot for kids myself, but it seemed to work well...

[–] PiJiNWiNg 2 points 3 weeks ago

So, what, they all go to a landfill? Such horseshit that companies like this don't have to clean up after themselves...