chrono1081
macrumors G3
Same. I hate the photo and I’m not remotely a fan of Altman. Something about Altmans appearance is just very unsettling. Ive’s facial expression creeps me out too.
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OpenAI on Track to Unveil First AI Device This Year, Could Rival AirPods
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Same. I hate the photo and I’m not remotely a fan of Altman. Something about Altmans appearance is just very unsettling. Ive’s facial expression creeps me out too.
That doesn't look like a business photo it looks like a very much in love private photo of a couple....
ArtOfWarfare
macrumors G3
It should user lasers to project a UI onto your palm. So that it can be "screen less" but also have a visual UI.
tomtad
macrumors 68040
It's rumoured to be a pen. One you can write with physically, and it records what you write, and it can also be worn with a speaker and camera.
To be honest it could be an interesting device that does genuinely do something phones cannot do. And it writing physically could tap into a growing trend of doing things less digital all the time, but with the ability to have the advantage of digital, such a searching your notes, when you want it.
Only issue I have is OpenAI itself which I think is a doomed company in its current form.
tomtad
macrumors 68040
That is correct, it a 'third device' which they believe will become an essential alongside a phone and a laptop.
It's a pen
ArtOfWarfare
macrumors G3
OTOH, Apple has had plenty of flops and they're still standing. Vision Pro, HomePod... I think there's a few that flopped out of my memory because I think I used to have a longer list before Vision Pro flopped...
iMac The Knife
macrumors 65816
I haven't seen a more off-putting picture in a long, long time. 🤮
Slo Pesci
macrumors 65816
Apple is set to reorient the industry this year with AI serving as a back-end feature, not as a product.
Companies that are based on selling AI as a product will be left scrambling. Consumers are ultimately not interested in buying ‘an AI.’ They’ll buy an Apple home hub that makes all their home devices work intuitively with plain language commands to HomePod Siri. They’ll buy more iPhones and other Apple devices that do more and function more intuitively, but they’re not going to go out and buy an AI device.
Apple stumbled in 2024 when hype and FOMO caused them to rebrand their machine learning initiatives as “Apple Intelligence,” but it seems they’ve returned to their original course, which is to use that as a product enhancement, not as a stand alone bell and whistle.
All that’s to say that this billion-dollar gamble on a hyped-up openAI device is probably a losing bet.
Companies that are based on selling AI as a product will be left scrambling. Consumers are ultimately not interested in buying ‘an AI.’ They’ll buy an Apple home hub that makes all their home devices work intuitively with plain language commands to HomePod Siri. They’ll buy more iPhones and other Apple devices that do more and function more intuitively, but they’re not going to go out and buy an AI device.
Apple stumbled in 2024 when hype and FOMO caused them to rebrand their machine learning initiatives as “Apple Intelligence,” but it seems they’ve returned to their original course, which is to use that as a product enhancement, not as a stand alone bell and whistle.
All that’s to say that this billion-dollar gamble on a hyped-up openAI device is probably a losing bet.
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So they’re basically trying to Trojan horse their way into an ecosystem that rivals Apple and Google by building wearables that will still leave people pretty wedded to their phones from, checks notes, Apple and Google. Meta is trying the same thing with its Ray-Ban glasses, but I suspect that most people buying those are not actually using the AI functionality as much as the convenience of having a camera on your head. Dislodging the smartphone from the center of our digital life is going to be a Herculean task that takes a lot of time that OpenAI and its financial stability may not have.
iMac The Knife
macrumors 65816
Fixed it...courtesy of AI. They're welcome!
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Gabebear
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What’s hilarious about it is one of them is trying to be Steve Jobs and the other is trying to prove he doesn’t need Steve Jobs.
Ursadorable
macrumors 65816
At the rate they are already hemorrhaging massive amounts of VC capital, they seem to be doing that quite well already even before releasing this mysterious device. Hopefully it will be the pin that finally pops the AI bubble and it all comes tumbling down around them.
rwilliams
macrumors 68040