What is this mysterious metal device used by US Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia?

Joe Gebbia, co-founder to Airbnb The US chief design officer appointed by Trump was seen San Francisco Today using a mysterious metal device. In a Social media sharing On He’s wearing metal Sprouts Which bisect his ears, with a matching shell-shaped disc in front of him on the table.

After the video was posted on Monday morning, social media users were quick to suggest that this could be some sort of prototype from the upcoming OpenAI hardware line Designed in partnership With famous Apple designer Jony Ive. An OpenAI spokesperson declined to comment on Gebbia’s potential video after being contacted by WIRED. Jebbia also did not respond to a request for comment.

The device Gebbia is wearing looks very similar to the devices shown in the file Fake ad for OpenAI Which was widely shared on Reddit and social media in February. This video from last month seems to show one billion Actor Alexander Skarsgård interacts with an artificial intelligence device that contains a pair of earbuds and a circular disk that look similar. At the time, OpenAI denounced the widely seen video as inauthentic. “Fake news,” he wrote. OpenAI President Greg Brockman At the time, in response to a social media post.

The earbuds seen in Gebbia’s video look quite similar in shape to the earbuds Huawei Free Clip 2a pair of The earphones are open Released earlier this year. However, the clamshell that appears on the coffee table next to Gebbia is different from Huawei’s latest headphone case. It would also be surprising to see a government official using Huawei technology, considering Chinese company The sale of its products is effectively prohibited Phones In the United States due to security concerns.

Audio experts at WIRED say he’s likely wearing open-ear headphones, as Gebbia’s pair share some similarities with AeroClips from Soundcore or Sony LinkBuds clipalthough the cases of those shoots don’t match what’s on the table in front of Jebbia. WIRED also ran the image and video through software that attempts to recognize AI-generated output and other deepfakes. The detection software, from a company called Hive, says the odds that these Gebbia images were created by artificial intelligence are low. still, AI detectors are not always reliable It may include erroneous outputs. It is possible that the entire post is an artificial hoax.

Could this be some kind of soft launch teaser for OpenAI devices? The timing of this influx would make sense, given that the company could ship the devices to consumers sometime as early as 2027. However, OpenAI has denied any involvement in the previous false advertising of the metal AI hardware, with its shiny earbuds and matching dial.