OpenAI's first branded hardware is... a light-up keyboard?
As rumors continue to swirl about OpenAI's work on a personalized smart speaker and other hardware, the company is today rolling out its first branded device. The $230 Codex Micro is a specialized, RGB-lit mini-keyboard designed to let users monitor and quickly interact with multiple Codex agents with a glance and a few clicks. The device is described as a "limited-run collaboration" with Work Louder, which already sells a very similar-looking Creator Micro line of customizable square keyboards
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OpenAI has released its first branded hardware device, a specialized mini-keyboard priced at $230 designed to help users monitor and control multiple AI agents simultaneously. The keyboard features six color-coded translucent keys that light up to show the status of different tasks: white for idle, blue for thinking, green for completion, amber for needing human input, and red for errors. This is a limited-run collaboration with an existing keyboard maker, and it represents OpenAI's broader ambitions to expand beyond software into physical devices, following years of work with former Apple design leadership on a reported handheld, screenless device that has faced technical delays.
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