The death of a robot designed for autistic children proves Apple's on-device AI is the right path

The Moxie robot that used cloud processing for a large language model was designed to be a companion and education tool for autistic children, and it's being unceremoniously shut down by the owners. This absolutely insensitive and destructive move practically demonstrates that Apple's on-device approach is right.Moxie Robot is now deadLaunched in 2020, Moxie was billed as an AI-based robotic companion for children. It offered hope to parents of autistic children with the possibility of helping social development. It showed great promise to help autistic kids in particular.I considered one for my children, but when I found it, we were in the teeth of early COVID and I had other concerns. I'm glad I didn't get one, because a series of bad decisions by the operating company means that the robot is dying in the next few days. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums