and suggest actions to help them achieve goals, such as suggesting an early bedtime ahead of a morning meeting.
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Jony Ive's First OpenAI Device Will Be Smart Speaker With Camera, 2027 Launch Planned
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Andreas from Zurich
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Fantastic! I mean, who wouldn‘t want a device that checks whether you‘re in your underpants at 11pm because it‘s worried about your sleep pattern?
It also includes a pill dispenser...
its chatgpt therapist all over again
JPack
macrumors P6
OliOliOliOli
macrumors regular
one more devise that we will need to change when he will become… vintage like they like to say… some one give me 40 years ago a Technics hifi, everything still working fine!
what about your sonos and others e-hifi?
what about your sonos and others e-hifi?
Ursadorable
macrumors 65816
OpenAI is going to be bankrupt soon, so I wouldn't even count on this ever making it to market anyways.
A smart speaker with a camera? Nobody wants to be spied on when dancing in their birthday suit.
bladerunner88
macrumors 6502
Florals for Spring? Groundbreaking!
And Hells No‼️
From "Enemy of The State":
Who Monitors The Monitors?
bladerunner88
macrumors 6502
From the Movie "Working Girl"
"Syn, sometimes I like to Dance around the Apartment in my Underwears, doesn't make me Madonna."
* Joan Cusack with a heavy Brooklyn Accent
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philstubbington
macrumors 6502a
No thanks.
OpenAI is working on several AI hardware devices in partnership with former Apple designer Jony Ive, and the first product that comes out could be a smart speaker. The company is developing a smart speaker, a smart lamp, and considering AI glasses, according to The Information, with the speaker set to come out in early 2027.
OpenAI's smart speaker has an integrated camera and it is designed to learn information about who is using it and what's around them. It will include a facial recognition feature similar to Face ID, and users will be able to use the speaker to make purchases. The speaker will have AI integration, so users can ask it questions and make requests.
In an internal presentation, OpenAI employees were told that the speaker would observe users and suggest actions to help them achieve goals, such as suggesting an early bedtime ahead of a morning meeting.
Apple is working on a similar home hub device that's set to come out this year. The home hub will include an integrated camera and speaker for video calls and controlling smart home products, plus it will have deep integration with the updated version of Siri that Apple is developing.
OpenAI is planning to price the speaker between $200 and $300, with a launch planned for February 2027 at the earliest. OpenAI is exploring a smart lamp and smart glasses, but those products won't be ready until 2028 or later. With the exception of the speaker, OpenAI's hardware development is in the early stages and other products could be canceled.
Jony Ive has been working with OpenAI since OpenAI acquired Ive's design firm LoveFrom in May 2025. Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have shared some details on their AI hardware work, suggesting that there was an established prototype in November 2025. At the time, Ive and Altman said the device would be "peaceful" and an "active participant" that's not annoying. The duo also described the device as a product that would "make people feel joy."
Additional rumors about OpenAI's plans came following an employee meeting, where Ive and Altman said they didn't want a device with a screen. The device, which is presumably the speaker that The Information says is in development, was described as pocket-sized and contextually aware of the user's surroundings. Altman told employees it's "the coolest piece of technology that the world will have ever seen."
While Altman and Ive have promised the next big thing after the iPhone, there is some internal tension at OpenAI. Ive's LoveFrom design company has remained separate from OpenAI, but LoveFrom is providing hardware designs to OpenAI. It's up to OpenAI's hardware and software engineers to actually make the products that LoveFrom comes up with.
OpenAI employees have apparently complained about LoveFrom's secrecy and slow speed when it comes to design revisions. Former Apple designer Evans Hankey is leading industrial design, and Ive is said to be making the final call on almost all design choices. Other former Apple employees working at OpenAI on hardware include Tang Tan and Scott Cannon, plus Eddy Cue's son Adam Cue is working on OpenAI software.
Article Link: Jony Ive's First OpenAI Device Will Be Smart Speaker With Camera, 2027 Launch Planned
ebika
macrumors 6502a
Then they can add a screen to see results, make it capacitive touch with a glyph design language, and a virtual keyboard. For productivity, more radios can be added to make calls too. It shall be called an aPhone.
axelandersh
macrumors member
Sounds like the brief went from ‘Her’ to ‘HAL’
jarman92
macrumors 68020
Lol so Altman paid Ive $6.5 billon just to send along his lunchtime napkin doodles 😂
Slo Pesci
macrumors 65816
What type of psychopath wants a camera on a smart speaker? Or Apple TV, or anything besides a phone, tablet, or laptop?
So let me get this straight…
Johnny left apple, the company he was basically the most important designer at for three decades, because he was sick of working on products like AirPods, HomePods and Apple Watches that he saw as restricting, and a car that, assuming it was ever even able to ship, no one would have the money to buy…
To go work on a smart speaker and other smart wearables like headphones, and a car that’s so expensive that most people are unable to buy.
Literally, the only difference is that Apple had the money to fund his projects for decades to come, OpenAI might not be around a decade from now.
Johnny left apple, the company he was basically the most important designer at for three decades, because he was sick of working on products like AirPods, HomePods and Apple Watches that he saw as restricting, and a car that, assuming it was ever even able to ship, no one would have the money to buy…
To go work on a smart speaker and other smart wearables like headphones, and a car that’s so expensive that most people are unable to buy.
Literally, the only difference is that Apple had the money to fund his projects for decades to come, OpenAI might not be around a decade from now.
Spock
Contributor
But thinner and made of glass and aluminum.
BeatsByTim
macrumors regular
Jony Ive is, and has always been, a hack fraud.
One possible correction: OpenAI did not acquire LoveFrom. That company (collective) remains independent. But I believe that Jony Ive created a new company called IO, which was acquired by OpenAI valued around $6.4billion. That’s the entity that’s developing ai products under Jony Ive at OpenAI.
OpenAI is working on several AI hardware devices in partnership with former Apple designer Jony Ive, and the first product that comes out could be a smart speaker. The company is developing a smart speaker, a smart lamp, and considering AI glasses, according to The Information, with the speaker set to come out in early 2027.
OpenAI's smart speaker has an integrated camera and it is designed to learn information about who is using it and what's around them. It will include a facial recognition feature similar to Face ID, and users will be able to use the speaker to make purchases. The speaker will have AI integration, so users can ask it questions and make requests.
In an internal presentation, OpenAI employees were told that the speaker would observe users and suggest actions to help them achieve goals, such as suggesting an early bedtime ahead of a morning meeting.
Apple is working on a similar home hub device that's set to come out this year. The home hub will include an integrated camera and speaker for video calls and controlling smart home products, plus it will have deep integration with the updated version of Siri that Apple is developing.
OpenAI is planning to price the speaker between $200 and $300, with a launch planned for February 2027 at the earliest. OpenAI is exploring a smart lamp and smart glasses, but those products won't be ready until 2028 or later. With the exception of the speaker, OpenAI's hardware development is in the early stages and other products could be canceled.
Jony Ive has been working with OpenAI since OpenAI acquired Ive's design firm LoveFrom in May 2025. Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have shared some details on their AI hardware work, suggesting that there was an established prototype in November 2025. At the time, Ive and Altman said the device would be "peaceful" and an "active participant" that's not annoying. The duo also described the device as a product that would "make people feel joy."
Additional rumors about OpenAI's plans came following an employee meeting, where Ive and Altman said they didn't want a device with a screen. The device, which is presumably the speaker that The Information says is in development, was described as pocket-sized and contextually aware of the user's surroundings. Altman told employees it's "the coolest piece of technology that the world will have ever seen."
While Altman and Ive have promised the next big thing after the iPhone, there is some internal tension at OpenAI. Ive's LoveFrom design company has remained separate from OpenAI, but LoveFrom is providing hardware designs to OpenAI. It's up to OpenAI's hardware and software engineers to actually make the products that LoveFrom comes up with.
OpenAI employees have apparently complained about LoveFrom's secrecy and slow speed when it comes to design revisions. Former Apple designer Evans Hankey is leading industrial design, and Ive is said to be making the final call on almost all design choices. Other former Apple employees working at OpenAI on hardware include Tang Tan and Scott Cannon, plus Eddy Cue's son Adam Cue is working on OpenAI software.
Article Link: Jony Ive's First OpenAI Device Will Be Smart Speaker With Camera, 2027 Launch Planned
fatTribble
macrumors 68030
Oh good. I’ve been looking for more AI in my life.
My clothes dryer and microwave just aren’t enough.
My clothes dryer and microwave just aren’t enough.
Apple 1984. Look who’s on the screen now.
Paul Shields
macrumors member
I cannot wait to never own any of these products