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PublishedJuly 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move
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The device is weirdly described as involving "mechanical elements that can move on their own" and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is designed to "feel like a companion and become a physical manifestation of OpenAI’s ChatGPT."
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