Three AI products that flopped in 2024 [Video]

Artificial intelligence is the hip new craze sweeping the globe, with corporations everywhere attempting to shove machine learning tech into every nook and cranny they can find. 

Unfortunately, such an overenthusiastic approach can sometimes result in tech being applied regardless of whether it’s actually a good fit. With everyone eager to boast that their shiny new product uses AI, it’s become a classic case of companies being so preoccupied with whether or not they can use the tech, that they don’t stop to wonder if they should.

As such, not every new AI product will succeed, some of those failures having already played out in a very public manner. Here are three AI products that crashed and burned in 2024. 

Rabbit r1 AI voice assistant

The Rabbit r1 debuted to a frenzy of interest in January, selling 20,000 units within just two days. This $200 AI voice assistant seemed to promise the world in a handheld orange …