{"id":107045,"date":"2026-07-15T16:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/107045\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:20:07","slug":"openai-finally-launches-hardware-for-codex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/107045\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI finally launches hardware\u2026 for Codex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The device, a square-shaped block of buttons called Codex Micro, is a collaboration between the AI company and keyboard maker Work Louder. OpenAI said it is a limited-run collaboration that will give users more ways to monitor and manage their agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The pad closely resembles Work Louder\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/worklouder.cc\/creator-micro-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Creator Micro 2<\/a>, and marketing images show what appears to be an identical array of 13 mechanical switches alongside a joystick, dial, and touch sensor. The device also looks broadly similar to a separate pad Work Louder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/12\/12\/23996534\/figma-creator-micro-macro-pad-price-release-dates-specs-features\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">produced<\/a> with Figma back in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">OpenAI said Codex Micro will cost $230 and be available on Supply Co while supplies last. It did not specify how many units were available as part of the partnership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In a video explaining the device, Work Louder cofounder Mike Di Genova said Micro has six frosted keys that provide a \u201clive view of your Codex threads,\u201d using different colors to indicate the status of a task, such as whether it is complete, needs feedback, is running, or has encountered an error. There are also command keys that can be assigned to common actions, like push-to-talk, accept or reject changes, and send, and the device comes with 32 additional keycaps of Codex icons. The joystick and dial can also be used to start common workflows and adjust reasoning level, respectively, and OpenAI says all controls are configurable from the ChatGPT desktop app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The device is separate from OpenAI\u2019s primary hardware project in development with Ive. Details on that device are slim, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/965670\/openai-chatgpt-ai-smart-speaker-hardware-device\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports suggest<\/a> it will be some kind of smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT. It\u2019s rumored to launch at some point next year. The product has come under renewed scrutiny this week after Apple filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964843\/apple-openai-lawsuit-wildest-claims\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stealing hardware secrets<\/a>, allegations it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/965649\/openai-has-a-new-statement-about-apples-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said are without merit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The device, a square-shaped block of buttons called Codex Micro, is a collaboration between the AI company and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24,3033,66,157],"class_list":["post-107045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-openai","tag-ai","tag-gadgets","tag-news","tag-openai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}