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OpenAI wants ChatGPT to be a ‘super assistant’ for every part of your lifeOpenAI wants ChatGPT to be a ‘super assistant’ for every part of your life
Inside the Meta monopoly trialInside the Meta monopoly trial
David Pierce
I/O versus io: Google and OpenAI can’t stop messing with each otherI/O versus io: Google and OpenAI can’t stop messing with each other
OpenAI and Jony Ive’s AI super-gadgetOpenAI and Jony Ive’s AI super-gadget
What in the world are Jony Ive and Sam Altman building?

AI hardware has entered its spaghetti era, and notably, Altman and Ive aren’t betting on glasses.

Victoria Song
Jony Ive’s AI gadget rumored to be ‘slightly larger’ than Humane’s AI pinJony Ive’s AI gadget rumored to be ‘slightly larger’ than Humane’s AI pin
Details leak about Jony Ive’s new ‘screen-free’ OpenAI deviceDetails leak about Jony Ive’s new ‘screen-free’ OpenAI device
Jony Ive says Rabbit and Humane made bad productsJony Ive says Rabbit and Humane made bad products
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
So, what are Jony Ive and OpenAI up to?

The Verge team has a few guesses about the first hardware release from the OpenAI and io combination. Let us know yours in the comments.

  • Richard Lawler: Speaker / projector combo.
  • Wes Davis and Andrew Liszewski: Her-style earbud plus puck controller.
  • Andru Marino: Robot dog.
  • Adi Robertson: Frames or Ray-Ban Meta glasses clone with cameras and voice assistant.
  • Marina Galperina: Levitating orb that follows you around.
  • Tristan Cooper: A smooth bracelet you can talk to, with no screen.
  • Victoria Song: I think it’s more likely that it’s a headphone situation.
OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s AI hardware companyOpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s AI hardware company
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on how AI can save the web, not destroy it

One of Microsoft’s top AI leaders on the future of agents, web search, and AI art.

Nilay Patel
Alex Heath
Alex Heath
OpenAI’s next “low-key research preview” is Codex, an AI coding agent.

Sam Altman and other company leaders hyped the announcement yesterday on X by teasing it as their next “low-key research preview,” which is how ChatGPT itself was first described. You can watch OpenAI demo Codex below and read more about it in this week’s Command Line.

ChatGPT is getting an AI coding agentChatGPT is getting an AI coding agent
OpenAI’s flagship GPT-4.1 model is now in ChatGPTOpenAI’s flagship GPT-4.1 model is now in ChatGPT
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Let’s kitchen-shame Sam Altman.

The OpenAI CEO had the Financial Times over for lunch, and has been rewarded with an article breaking down everything that’s wrong with his kitchen. From over-priced, misused olive oil to the coffee machine that ChatGPT recommends, the picture is of a man with all the gear and no idea. Then again, isn’t that what private chefs are for anyway?

Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen

[ft.com]

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