US EditionOpenAI taps Apple supply chain, plans to launch first ChatGPT-powered device by 2027: Report
OpenAI aims to redefine AI interaction with devices designed under Jony Ive's guidance, backed by over $10 billion in supply commitments and partnerships with Apple suppliers.
- OpenAI plans to launch its first ChatGPT-powered consumer device by late 2026 or early 2027, developed with major partners in Apple’s supply chain.
- This effort follows OpenAI’s acquisition of Jony Ive’s hardware-based AI startup io earlier this year and a drive to recruit top hardware talent from Apple.
- OpenAI is developing several hardware devices, including a compact, display-free speaker-like gadget with contextual awareness, as well as innovative wearables such as augmented reality eyewear, a voice recording device, and a pin-sized accessory.
- The AI company secured contracts with Luxshare and Goertek, key Apple assemblers producing components such as speaker modules, with Luxshare’s shares jumping 10% after news of the deal.
- This move positions OpenAI for large-scale manufacturing and highlights 2026 as a pivotal year in AI hardware, intensifying competition with firms like Apple and Meta.
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ChatGPT parent OpenAI hiring Apple staff, tapping its supply chain to launch smart AI gadget in 2027
OpenAI has reportedly secured a contract with Luxshare, a key assembler for Apple's iPhones and AirPods. The company is also said to be in talks with another Apple assembler, Goertek, for the supply of components like speaker modules.
OpenAI taps Apple supply chain, plans to launch first ChatGPT-powered device by 2027: Report
OpenAI is recruiting talent from Apple's hardware teams and is working with Luxshare for manufacturing a hardware based device which could launch by 2026 to early 2027 launch.
OpenAI working on AI-powered devices to rival smartphones
The company that developed ChatGPT, OpenAI is now working on creating hardware devices. The purpose of these devices is to make the use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots possible everywhere. Some time ago, Apple’s former chief designer Jony Ive and OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman announced that they were collaborating on a device based on AI technology. Now, new details about these devices have surfaced. According to a report by The Information, …
One of the first products that OpenAI would develop in partnership with Jony Ive, Apple's former design manager, would start to take shape. According to The Information, the device in question "would look like a connected speaker without a screen." Sources close to the project even indicate that OpenAI has already signed a contract with Luxshare and approached Goertek [...] L的article OpenAI prepares with Jony Ive a screenless speaker of AI for 2…
We already know that OpenAI and Apple's former designer, Jony Ive, are working together to develop electronic devices designed for artificial intelligence tools, but at the moment, there are no more details about these 'gadgets'. However, The Information site says that it has access to confidential information through people “with direct knowledge about the subject”, noting that among the products to be developed is a device “like with an intell…
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