OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots

OpenAI president Greg Brockman said the company is building a 'family of devices' for interacting with its AI models, though he did not confirm reports of a smart speaker launching in 2027 or a wearable device. Brockman declined to comment on whether Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI could affect its work with former Apple designer Jony Ive, stating the company is focused on its own development and technology. He predicted that talking to computers will replace typing for the 'vast majority of what we do' and said OpenAI is developing technological solutions to offer 'verifiable, auditable guarantees' for user privacy.

In an interview with our friend Joanna Stern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b 44Ra8msls on her YouTube channel /tech/874444/our-friend-joanna-stern-is-becoming-a-youtuber , OpenAI president Greg Brockman said the company is working on a “family of devices” for interacting with its AI models. However, Brockman didn’t confirm reports /ai-artificial-intelligence/965670/openai-chatgpt-ai-smart-speaker-hardware-device that one of those devices is a smart speaker OpenAI’s rumored to be launching in 2027, or earlier rumors that the device might be a wearable /news/672533/jony-ive-sam-altman-ai-device-ipod-shuffle-ai-pin like the Humane AI pin. He didn’t give a release date, either, only saying that “you can expect them soon.” OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots Greg Brockman says he thinks we’ll start talking to our computers, rather than typing, for the ‘vast majority’ of tasks. Greg Brockman says he thinks we’ll start talking to our computers, rather than typing, for the ‘vast majority’ of tasks. When asked about whether Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI /tech/964350/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets could impact the devices it’s working on with former Apple designer Jony Ive /news/827607/openai-hardware-prototype-chatgpt-jony-ive-sam-altman , Brockman said, “We are focused on our own development and technology.” He went on to add, “We have no interest in other companies’ trade secrets. We are plenty innovative. We are thinking about things from our own angle.” Whatever form OpenAI’s new devices take, Brockman says he thinks we’ll shift to talking to our computers rather than typing for the “vast majority of what we do.” As far as the problem of everyone talking to their computers in an open office, he brought up soundproof “beak” masks that have started to appear, saying that while he doesn’t use one, “it really shows you where there’s product market fit,” even if everyone agrees that’s not going to be a good solution. Brockman also said OpenAI is working to address trust issues with its AI models, like concerns about how private ChatGPT’s “temporary chat” mode actually is, including developing technological solutions to offer “verifiable, auditable guarantees” that only the AI can review users’ private data. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Most Popular - Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search? - AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous - Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels like the future - Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children - Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ program to lease new devices