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OpenAI launches $230 keyboard amid Apple theft allegations
The Independent • • technology
Key Points:
- OpenAI has introduced its first hardware product, the Codex Micro, a $230 miniature keyboard designed as an AI coding assistant for users of its Codex tool, featuring a joystick, rotary dial, 12 buttons, USB-C, and Bluetooth.
- The release comes amid a lawsuit filed by Apple accusing OpenAI of stealing hardware trade secrets via former Apple employees, which OpenAI denies, stating it is unaware of any evidence supporting the claims.
- OpenAI is also developing a second AI device, a screenless smart speaker described as a "humanlike" companion, created with former iPhone designer Jony Ive, expected to launch around 2027.
- This upcoming device aims to be fully aware of a user's surroundings with cameras and sensors, rechargeable battery, and designed to be unobtrusive and portable, envisioned as a "third core device" alongside computers and smartphones.
