OpenAI's first hardware device will be a portable desktop robot

https://www.machinesociety.ai/p/open-ais-first-hardware-device-will

by mikelgan • 8 days ago

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mikelgan2• 8 days ago

OpenAI’s first-ever hardware device will be a battery powered, “humanlike” AI smart speaker designed to compete in the new Attachment Economy.

ChrisArchitect• 8 days ago

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/openai-s-... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912757)

altcognito• 8 days ago

"We're going to change every industry, please take us seriously"

produces a Tamagotchi

graveemaster• 8 days ago

Hey c'mon, that's not a fair comparison. A tamagotchi actually has a screen.

jazzyjackson• 8 days ago

Where did the term “attachment economy” come from? It’s the most innovative and dystopian framing for emotional manipulation I’ve heard yet

mikelgan2• 7 days ago

It was coined in January by Tristan Harris at the Center for Humane Technology. He said it’s the “next evolution” of the extractive-tech model where companies use advanced technologies to commodify the human capacity to form attached bonds with other people and with pets.

OpenAI's first hardware device will be a portable desktop robot

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