Details about the appearance and functionality of the device have not yet been disclosed.
The American company OpenAI, known for creating ChatGPT, plans to release its first physical device later this year. This was announced by the company's policy head, Chris Leahy, in an interview with Axios.
According to him, the device will be presented in the second half of 2026 and will be quieter and easier to use than a smartphone. Details about the appearance and functionality of the device have not yet been disclosed. The company's head, Sam Altman, has long hinted at the development of a gadget with artificial intelligence.
In the interview, Leahy noted that OpenAI will have news "much later this year," while not confirming that the device will necessarily go on sale this year.
"We are looking at something in the second half of 2026. This is the most likely scenario, but we will see how everything develops," he added.
Interest in OpenAI's hardware direction has been actively fueled since the acquisition in May 2025 of the company by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive. At that time, his studio, known as io, also hinted at a release in 2026, stating in a promotional video:
"We look forward to sharing our work with you."
Despite this, neither OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (pictured below) nor the company's management have yet disclosed details regarding the form factor of the future device.
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OpenAI is an American research organization focused on artificial intelligence development. OpenAI consists of the non-profit organization OpenAI, Inc., registered in the state of Delaware, and its commercial subsidiary OpenAI Global, LLC. OpenAI aims to develop "safe and beneficial" strong artificial intelligence, which the organization defines as "highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at the most economically valuable work." On the way to this goal, the organization has created several large language models, including GPT-4 and ChatGPT, as well as models for image generation, such as DALL-E; in the past, it has published open-source models.
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