{"slug": "openai-s-first-hardware-product-is-a-screenless-ai-speaker-designed-to-feel", "title": "OpenAI's first hardware product is a screenless AI speaker designed to feel alive", "summary": "OpenAI is developing its first hardware product, a portable screenless AI speaker with a camera, sensors, and moving parts designed as an AI companion. However, a trade secrets lawsuit from Apple involving OpenAI hardware chief Tang Tan could delay the planned 2027 launch.", "body_md": "OpenAI plans to enter hardware with a portable, screenless smart speaker. Equipped with a camera, sensors, and moving mechanical parts, the device is designed as an AI companion that feels \"alive.\" But Apple's trade secrets lawsuit involving OpenAI hardware chief Tang Tan could delay its planned 2027 launch.\n\nThe article [OpenAI's first hardware product is a screenless AI speaker designed to feel alive](https://the-decoder.com/openais-first-hardware-product-is-a-screenless-ai-speaker-designed-to-feel-alive/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-first-hardware-product-is-a-screenless-ai-speaker-designed-to-feel", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openais-first-hardware-product-is-a-screenless-ai-speaker-designed-to-feel-alive/", "published_at": "2026-07-15 06:48:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-15 06:53:00.850630+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-ethics", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Apple", "Tang Tan"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-first-hardware-product-is-a-screenless-ai-speaker-designed-to-feel", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-first-hardware-product-is-a-screenless-ai-speaker-designed-to-feel.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-first-hardware-product-is-a-screenless-ai-speaker-designed-to-feel.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-first-hardware-product-is-a-screenless-ai-speaker-designed-to-feel.jsonld"}}