OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
OpenAI’s upcoming smart speaker will probably cost over $300, “people familiar with the matter” have told Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The generative AI company has “discussed” charging up to $400, Bloomberg, which has been reporting on the yet-to-be-announced smart speaker since July, said today. The publication said that OpenAI is viewing the smart speaker as a smartphone replacement. OpenAI has declined to comment on its product roadmap.Read full article Comments
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OpenAI is developing a smart speaker priced between $300 and $400 that the company views as a potential smartphone replacement, designed around ChatGPT's voice capabilities with more advanced models for humanlike interaction. The device will be shaped like a hockey puck and will feature moving parts and lights that activate when responding to users, intended to make it seem "more alive" than existing stationary speakers. OpenAI designed the speaker with a studio owned by a former Apple designer and used premium materials, though an internal investigation concluded the device does not use Apple intellectual property following Apple's lawsuit against the company. The high price point presents a significant challenge, as it substantially exceeds most competing smart speakers and requires users to pay extra for dedicated hardware to access features they can already access on devices they own.
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