Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s ChatGPT-powered hardware AI device hits technical roadblocks: Report

OpenAI confirmed its acquisition of Jonny Ive’s AI hardware startup Io earlier this year while also sharing the ambition of building a ‘family of AI-native devices’. Since then, however, little information has trickled out about the details of the new hardware and its supposed launch date.

​We’ve had multiple reports though which have suggested that the company may be working on a smart speaker without a display, smart glasses, a digital voice recorder, and a wearable pin.