According to the Wall Street Journal, citing informed information, SpaceX had demonstrated to investors and interested parties an "AI-like" prototype of a handheld device. The equipment is still in its early stages and the design may continue to be adjusted. Mask then publicly denied the report, stating that the statement was “totally false”.
Prototype is being pointed towards cell phone form.
The report mentions that the prototype is lighter in appearance and that the overall shape is close to a smartphone, but its precise location is not clear. It may be described as between small-size touch screens and the AI hardware that has emerged in recent years.
It is not clear to the outside world whether SpaceX is merely an internal test of multiple product directions or is prepared to move such equipment to the production and sale stages. As the project is still early, public information is limited.
or integrate xAI with own systems
The report also stated that the equipment planned to operate its own operating system and integrate xAI technology. XAI is Mask's Artificial Intelligence Company, which was acquired by SpaceX earlier this year. If true, this means SpaceX may wish to move the AI terminals, model capabilities and bottom systems into the same system.
This approach was also seen as helping to reduce reliance on external platforms, such as avoiding being entirely subject to existing mobile ecology such as Android. At the same time, the equipment interaction approach may place more emphasis on the original AI interface than on the application logic of traditional mobile phones.
SpaceX has a manufacturing and communications base.
From the capacity reserve, SpaceX and Tesla both have hardware manufacturing experience. SpaceX is also continuing to advance Starlink Mobile, and the expansion of wireless communications is more clearly intended. This also creates a link to whether it will enter a wider end market.
However, there have been several previous setbacks on the AI hardware track. Market responses were not ideal when the products of companies such as Humane and Rabit were listed. AI The ability of equipment to move from concept to mass consumption continues to depend on the clarity of product patterns, use scenarios and prices.
OpenAI is also advancing the AI device.
It was reported that OpenAI was also working with Apple's former chief designer, Johnny Ive, to develop AI equipment and to continuously expand the hardware team. As more technology companies attempt to load model capabilities into stand-alone terminals, AI hardware competition is extending from the software level to the equipment level.
For the time being, there is a clear disagreement as to whether SpaceX is really moving this project forward. On the one hand, external sources invoked the disclosure of the prototype details, while on the other hand Mask himself directly denied it. In the short term, the market is more concerned about whether more product information or formal corporate-level statements will follow.