OpenAI’s Jony Ive-designed AI device targets home use

New Atlas | Aug 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
  • After more than a year of rumors about what legendary former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI might be building together, we finally have a reasonably clear idea.
  • We don’t yet know how much processing will happen locally, exactly how the cameras and sensors will be used, or how deeply OpenAI plans to integrate the device with existing smart-home platforms.
  • Rather than building another cheap voice terminal for weather forecasts and kitchen timers, it’s wrapping ChatGPT in dedicated hardware designed to see, hear and interact with the room around it.