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@Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago

Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds

arstechnica.com

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Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds

arstechnica.com

@Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago
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Embodied says it will try to refund recent purchases but makes no promises.
  • @ilmagico@lemmy.world
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    They are considering it making it open source, among other options to keep the robots alive

    • Lettuce eat lettuce
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      Awesome if that ends up happening.

    • @DrunkenPirate@feddit.org
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      OpenAI started as open as well. Sadly

    • @astanix@lemmy.world
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      Settle down there, that’s not what all the headlines say. How will the pitchforks get used unless the headline is 100% negative?

      To be fair, it’s bad… I’m not arguing against that.

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