{"id":23210,"date":"2026-07-14T23:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/openais-first-hardware-device-is-reportedly-a-screenless-speaker-that-can-move\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T23:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:59:29","slug":"openais-first-hardware-device-is-reportedly-a-screenless-speaker-that-can-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/openais-first-hardware-device-is-reportedly-a-screenless-speaker-that-can-move\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI\u2019s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div readability=\"80.492873218305\">\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI&rsquo;s first foray into hardware devices is reported to be a mobile smart speaker with integrated AI capabilities that can sync with ChatGPT and provide other home AI services. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the device &mdash; which is still currently under development &mdash; is designed to be screen-free and is being pitched internally as a &ldquo;humanlike AI companion that lives in the home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI has long claimed that it wants to launch a hardware product &mdash; with some rumors being that it wants to launch its own phone, a move that would put it in competition with Apple. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI&rsquo;s newly surfaced device sounds like something of a departure from traditional smart speakers &mdash; as sources described the device to Bloomberg as having a &ldquo;personality&rdquo; and being able to proactively learn about its owner over time, providing more personalized service. The machine would have access to a user&rsquo;s digital life, drawing off things like emails, sources said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The device is also weirdly described as involving &ldquo;mechanical elements that can move on their own&rdquo; and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is designed to &ldquo;feel like a companion and become a physical manifestation of OpenAI&rsquo;s ChatGPT.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The device was developed with help from many former Apple engineers who were instrumental in &ldquo;creating products such as the iPhone and Mac,&rdquo; Bloomberg writes. Indeed, OpenAI may be attempting to launch a new hardware line, but the company is currently up to its eyeballs in trouble over hardware-related legal problems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple last week sued OpenAI, accusing the AI company of stealing its trade secrets. Apple further claimed that the allegations involved in the suit are merely<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&ldquo;the tip of the iceberg&rdquo; and that more misconduct will be revealed during the legal discovery process. OpenAI has denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing anonymous sources with knowledge of OpenAI&rsquo;s plans, Bloomberg writes that the company feels its new product &ldquo;veers significantly from anything Apple has on the market today&rdquo; and that it is &ldquo;unlikely that it violates trade secrets&rdquo; belonging to Apple.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI&rsquo;s push comes as the tech world grows more excited about consumer AI hardware more broadly. Hark, an AI lab founded by Brett Adcock, raised an oversubscribed $700 million Series A back in May at a $6 billion valuation to build what it calls &ldquo;personal intelligence&rdquo; &mdash; proprietary AI models paired with custom hardware designed as a &ldquo;universal interface between humans and machines.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company hasn&rsquo;t yet detailed its device&rsquo;s form factor, underscoring how much capital is chasing this category even before products ship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This doesn&rsquo;t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>OpenAI&rsquo;s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI&rsquo;s first foray into hardware devices is reported to be a mobile smart speaker with integrated AI capabilities that can sync with ChatGPT and provide other home AI services. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the device &mdash; which is still currently under development &mdash; is designed to be screen-free and is being pitched internally as a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/openais-first-hardware-device-is-reportedly-a-screenless-speaker-that-can-move\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;OpenAI\u2019s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}