OpenAI: And if the first AI device with Jony Ive was… a connected speaker?

Those who take software seriously must design their own hardware, as the pioneer Alan Kay stated in the 1980s. OpenAI is well on its way to following this maxim: the creator of ChatGPT has been working on their own devices for some time and did not hesitate to invest over 6 billion dollars to buy io, the hardware development startup founded by Jony Ive.

6 billion for a speaker

Since then, rumors have been swirling about this first product, which could be released sometime next year. The site The Information, which generally has good sources, mentions today a connected speaker. Equipped with a camera, it would be able to monitor its environment and the user, to better advise them: it could thus remind him of an important meeting the next day and that it would be better to go to bed now.

The device would also have facial recognition technology, similar to Face ID. Which could perhaps personalize recommendations based on the person standing near the speaker. OpenAI would intend to sell this product between $200 and $300, which is a high-end price for connected speakers.

OpenAI would also have two other devices on its drawing board: connected glasses (it's in fashion) that would not be available before 2028. There is also a lamp, an interesting and useful format (after all, it's also... a lamp) on which Apple would also be working.

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Source : The Information