OpenAI's mysterious ChatGPT gadget could take the form of an AI-powered pen
Progress is apparently being made on the OpenAI device, and there might be more than one of them.
Sam Altman and OpenAI are working on a new AI device (Image credit: Shutterstock/Photo Agency)
- There's another leak for OpenAI's upcoming device
- It could apparently take the form of a smart pen
- Multiple gadgets could currently be in the pipeline
We know that ChatGPT developer OpenAI is working on an actual gadget of some description – with ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive, no less – and the latest rumor is that the device is going to take the form of a pen.
This comes from well-known tipster Smart Pikachu (via Android Authority), who says that a pen is one of three different ideas under consideration at the moment, as OpenAI makes arrangements with manufacturing partners.
Of course as well as being able to scribble notes, this pen should also be able to give you some kind of AI assistance: perhaps by recording your writing and your voice notes, for example (we have seen multiple smart pens in the past).
All the indications are that whatever this gadget ends up being, it'll have some form of always-on listening feature, with ChatGPT available to make sense of your memos and discussions, and give you answers on demand whenever you need them.
A calmer vibe
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We don't get much more information about what's coming from this particular leak, although the tipster does mention that the internal codename for the device is Gumdrop, apparently – so make of that what you will.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has gone on record as saying that the device should feel like a "cabin by a lake". That certainly suggests something with a calmer vibe than a smartphone, and something that mostly works in the background.
