OpenAI's Jony Ive-designed AI device targets home use
After more than a year of rumors about what legendary former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI might be building together, we finally have a reasonably clear idea.
Apparently, it’s a metal donut.
It won’t technically be OpenAI’s first piece of hardware. That honor goes to the recently released Codex Micro, a 13-key programmable mini-keyboard built for wrangling Codex agents. The puck, though, looks like the company’s first serious attempt to put ChatGPT itself into a dedicated household device.
OpenAI's consumer device is reportedly a small, screenless, battery-powered smart speaker, roughly hockey-puck sized, with a hole through the middle. Current reports put the price somewhere around US$300 to $400, with a launch expected in 2027.
That's a fair bit of cash for something occupying territory currently dominated by little plastic speakers you can often buy for the price of dinner. The interesting part is what OpenAI appears to be...
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