On October 6th, the Financial Times published an article yesterday (5 October) reporting that OpenAI In cooperation with the former Apple Design Director, Johnny Ive, a mysterious AI hardware device is being developed, which is now being developed by the governmentA number of technical challenges have been encountered in the advancement of the project。
1AI previously reported that OpenAI and Apple's legendary designer, Johnny Ive, are working together to develop a completely new secret artificial intelligence device, with the goal of launching a high-market technology product by 2026。
The device is conceived to create a hardware without screen-size palms that can sense the physical environment through audio and visual tips and respond to user requests。
The device is described as having the same size as a smartphone, with users interacting with it through cameras, microphones and speakers. Its design concept is “always on-line” and the sustainable collection of data to build the virtual assistant's “memory”, which can be placed on the desktop or carried。
Informed sources revealed that, despite the close cooperation between the parties, the parties had encountered many challenges in moving the project forward and had not yet made a breakthrough on key issues, which could lead to delays in the release of products。
Core obstacles facing the projectThe main focus is on software, infrastructure, and high pricesHashrateCost。According to an informed source, arithmetic is a major factor in the delay in the project, and it is now difficult for OpenAI to obtain enough calculus for ChatGPT, let alone to support a mass consumption-grade device。
In addition, the team needs to address privacy issues and carefully design the "personality" of AI assistants to ensure that it works and does not go beyond intrude and avoid repeating ChatGPT, which sometimes has too much to say about ending the conversation。
In order to sustain its hardware ambitions, OpenAI has launched a massive recruitment campaign, not only to absorb more than 20 former Apple hardware workers through the company that acquired Ive, but also to recruit numerous equipment specialists this year from Apple and Meta’s Quest Heads’ Group。
On the supply chain, OpenAI is working with Chinese manufacturers, such as Luxshare, but the final assembly site has not yet been finalized。