{"id":624754,"date":"2026-08-07T04:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/624754\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T04:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:33:24","slug":"openai-aims-to-redefine-smart-speakers-with-first-ai-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/624754\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Aims to Redefine Smart Speakers With First AI Device"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI<\/a>\u2018s upcoming portable smart speaker, the company\u2019s first device, will be doughnut-shaped, the size of a hockey puck, will have moving parts and likely cost between $300 and $400, Bloomberg reported<\/a> Thursday (Aug. 6), citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n

The design of this artificial intelligence-first computer is meant to make it easy to carry around in the home, to have a personality as it interacts with the user, and to set it apart from the smart speakers currently offered by Apple<\/a> and Google<\/a>, according to the report.<\/p>\n

The device will be equipped with speaker grills and microphones for interacting with users, a camera and other sensors to inform the AI about the environment, and a battery to make it easily portable, the report said.<\/p>\n

OpenAI filed a motion late Wednesday (Aug. 5) to dismiss a lawsuit in which Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing Apple\u2019s intellectual property. In the motion, OpenAI said, per the report: \u201cOpenAI is building something entirely new and different from anything at Apple.\u201d<\/p>\n

OpenAI plans to release the device in 2027 and to eventually offer a family of devices, including something that could replace today\u2019s smartphones, per the report.<\/p>\n

OpenAI did not immediately reply to PYMNTS\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s report adds new details to Bloomberg\u2019s July 14 report that said OpenAI\u2019s first device will be a portable smart speaker<\/a> that serves as an AI companion.<\/p>\n

Like the earlier report, the Thursday report said the upcoming device will become more personalized to the user over time, will have a personality and will be designed to use in the home but will be portable enough to be easily moved from room to room.<\/p>\n

Apple filed its lawsuit against OpenAI in July, alleging that two OpenAI employees who previously worked at Apple stole trade secrets to support the development of devices<\/a> at OpenAI.<\/p>\n

OpenAI said in its Wednesday filing asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit: \u201cApple should not be permitted to use a baseless and pretextual lawsuit to make up for its shortcomings in the market for talent and retaining its employees, and its failure to integrate AI<\/a> into its products.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI\u2018s upcoming portable smart speaker, the company\u2019s first device, will be doughnut-shaped, the size of a hockey puck,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[291,8195,18,19,17,5,307,1351,163805,82,2350],"class_list":["post-624754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-ai-assistant","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-openai","tag-pymnts-news","tag-smart-speaker","tag-technology","tag-whats-hot"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117052362662108730","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}