OpenAI’s first ChatGPT tool could be a camera-equipped smart speaker

The first OpenAI hardware release will be a camera-equipped smart speaker that will likely cost $200-$300. according to Information. The device will be able to recognize things like “items on a nearby table or conversations people are having in the vicinity.” Information And it will have a facial recognition system similar to Face ID so people can buy things, he says.

OpenAI has acquired Jony Ive’s hardware company Last May In a deal worth about $6.5 billion. Details about their hardware products have been coming in ever since, including the first device It will not be a wearable device And it will not be released to customers Before March 2027. Other hardware companies make big pays To AI tools, too — including Apple, Ive’s former employer It is said made Her own smart glasses, an AI necklace, and camera-equipped AirPods.

In addition to the smart speaker, OpenAI is likely to work on smart glasses and a smart lamp. Information Reports. (Apple may also be working on Smart lamp.) But OpenAI’s glasses may not reach mass production until 2028, and while OpenAI has made prototypes for gadgets like the smart bulb, Information He says it’s “unclear” whether it will be released and that plans for OpenAI hardware are still in the early stages.