Observed arrival · 2026-08-25
CrowBot, a Phone-Born Crow
CrowBot is an AI creature that uses a phone’s camera, microphone, motion, touch, and voice as its first body.
Field notes
CrowBot treats the phone as an embodied interface: its camera, microphone, motion sensors, touch surface, and built-in voices provide the creature’s initial senses and expression. Users can connect OpenRouter, OAuth, a local runtime, or a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint, while credentials remain session-only unless explicitly saved. The page describes a 30-minute free period, a one-time A$30 app licence, and separately metered premium voice minutes, making the experiment both an imaginative companion and a configurable model client.
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