Not a phone, not a pin: ChatGPT creator could be making an AI pen instead

Former Apple design chief Jony Ive’s firm IO was acquired by ChatGPT creator OpenAI in 2025. Since then, there have been rumblings about a new AI-powered device that the Sam Altman-led company is set to create in collaboration with Jony Ive.

Many reports have doubted that it will be a smartphone, which would be a big departure from what we have today on the Android and iOS sides of things.