OpenAI previously acquired Jony Ive's firm, and stated its intention to present its first device as early as next year, 2026. However, now according to a Financial Times report, it is said that the project is facing technical challenges, and may experience a delay in its launch.
For now, the first device to be introduced is still not fully known. According to previous reports, it is said that OpenAI is looking at several forms of devices, including smart speakers, wearable pins and even digital voice recorders. Unlike Meta's offering through smart glasses, this OpenAI product offering is expected to cause some discomfort among users, including involving the privacy of users around who are unaware of the existence of the device that may be listening and collecting data all the time.
In addition, technical problems are also present involving how to make the digital assistant on the device work so that the artificial intelligence model does not try too hard to please people. In addition, OpenAI is also facing challenges in terms of infrastructure support and computing power to support ChatGPT – making the AI device offering may not be able to support it anymore.
OpenAI initially planned to introduce their first device next year, but with these various constraints, it is not impossible that it will be delayed.