OpenAI to Launch Screen-Free AI Speaker Device

Bloomberg reports the company’s long-awaited debut hardware device will be a “mobile, screen-free smart speaker,” designed to function as an “AI companion” that chats with users and controls other smart systems around the home. (It sounds a bit like the next generation upgrade for Amazon’s Alexa devices?) The yet-to-be-named device interacts with smart appliances, plays media, answers questions, and consults ChatGPT on your behalf, as needed. OpenAI suggests that, as your device gains a deeper understanding of its owner and their needs, it will become increasingly personalized and proactive, and will even develop a distinct “personality.” Of course, OpenAI is now involved in a very public legal dispute with Apple over these self-same hardware plans. Cupertino claims that OpenAI has been poaching employees and encouraging them to share confidential information and trade secrets, giving their nascent consumer electronics division an early boost. #Gadgets https://www.bloomberg.com..