OpenAI's First Device Is a Doughnut-Shaped AI Speaker
The device is OpenAI's first hardware, designed with Ive to differentiate it in a smart speaker market dominated by Amazon and Google.
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Bloomberg reports OpenAI's first device, developed with former Apple designer Jony Ive, is a doughnut-shaped smart speaker about the size of an ice hockey puck. It will sell for between $300 and $400, feature moving parts, cameras, and sensors, and launch in 2027 as an AI-first computer.
OpenAI's first hardware product, developed with former Apple designer Jony Ive, is a doughnut-shaped smart speaker about the size of an ice hockey puck, according to Bloomberg. The device is expected to sell for between $300 and $400, roughly 63,000 yen, and is planned for release in 2027.
The speaker has no display, but includes moving parts that express personality, plus lights, cameras, and sensors. It runs on battery power, so users can hold it or move it around. OpenAI aims to make it an AI-first computer that streamlines tasks, with dialogue more human-like than ChatGPT's voice mode.
Bloomberg notes the device is an opportunity for OpenAI to show it did not steal Apple's designs, after Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret infringement.
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