Qualcomm Unveils AI-Focused Smartphone Chips; Rabbit Offers Cloud-Based AI Agent

Qualcomm has announced its latest flagship smartphone processors, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, with a significant emphasis on enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities. The company claims these new chips can locally run large AI models, such as a 30 billion parameter mixture-of-experts model, promising more powerful on-device AI processing for smartphones.

In a separate development, Rabbit, known for its R1 AI device, is launching a new cloud-based "agentic operating system" called OS3. This new AI agent will operate across Windows, Mac, and Linux devices without requiring Rabbit's proprietary hardware, offering a more accessible way for users to interact with its AI functionalities. Meanwhile, Apple has clarified that advanced camera features like Texture and Grain controls will be exclusive to its latest iPhone models, limiting their availability on older devices.