According to information sources quoted by Bloomberg, OpenAI is developing a first-in-aid hardware device, not in the direction of a mobile phone, but in a mobile, unscreened smartphone. The product will be connected to ChatGPT and will assume some of the family AI service functions, indicating that OpenAI is extending model capabilities to consumer terminals.
Internal orientation tends to favour family support.
The report mentions that the equipment is still in the development stage and is described within OpenAI as a “person-in-home type AI partner”. Compared to traditional smartphones, it places more emphasis on continuous accompanying and individualized services than just voice questions or content play.
According to the source, the equipment will be used over time and will proactively learn user habits, thus providing services that are closer to individual needs. Its range of capabilities is also said to connect users to digital lives, including sources of information such as e-mail.
Device emphasises screenless and moveable
From the information currently disclosed, this product will not be equipped with a screen. The report also stated that the equipment contained a self-moveable mechanical structure and that the goal was to make the product more like an AI terminal with a physical presence, rather than just a stationary soundbox.
According to Bloomberg, OpenAI wanted the equipment to be a physical carrier for ChatGPT. This means that its product approach may no longer be limited to the application of software, but rather seeks to create a more sustainable user portal through hardware.
Apple background team involved in development
Reports indicate that the equipment was developed with the participation of former apple engineers, some of whom were involved in the development of products such as iPhone and Mac. This has also given further attention to OpenAI's readiness to establish independent hardware product lines.
However, OpenAI is currently facing legal pressure related to hardware. Apple sued OpenAI last week for the theft of commercial secrets and stated that further misconduct could be disclosed during the subsequent disclosure of evidence. OpenAI has denied the charges.
According to the source, OpenAI believes that the new equipment differs significantly from the existing apple products and is unlikely to violate the commercial confidentiality of apples.
Consumer-level AI hardware heat rises
The background to the OpenAI propulsion hardware is the continuous warming of the consumer-grade AI equipment track. The market is looking at whether AI can create new distribution portals through its own hardware, as it did during the smartphone era.
As a reference, the AI Laboratories created by Brett Adcock, Hark, completed the $700 million A round of oversubscribed financing in May of this year, valued at $6 billion, in the same direction of combining self-study models with customized hardware to create personal AI terminals.
However, Hark has not yet published the specific equipment. This indicates that while capital flows are continuing on this track, many products remain at the conceptual and research and development stages.