OpenAI and Meta are both working on personal AI hardware. OpenAI is teaming up with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive and plans to ship in 2027 at the earliest. Meta wants a pendant-like device before the holiday shopping season. It showed a keychain gadget called the Muse Charm that displays its Muse AI agent. Both firms are betting on agents that feel useful and cute.
π The Backstory
Past AI gadgets like the Humane AI Pin and the Friend mostly flopped and drew backlash. OpenAI and Meta are trying a different plan. They are launching software agents first so people get used to them. Then they hope users will want a physical device they can carry around. OpenAI's new Dots agents and Meta's Muse are the soft launch before the hardware.
π― Why It Matters
These devices could change how people talk to AI every day. They also raise hard questions about privacy when cameras and mics are always on.
OpenAI and Meta are both working on personal AI hardware. OpenAI is teaming up with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive and plans to ship in 2027 at the earliest. Meta wants a pendant-like device before the holiday shopping season. It showed a keychain gadget called the Muse Charm that displays its Muse AI agent. Both firms are betting on agents that feel useful and cute.
Past AI gadgets like the Humane AI Pin and the Friend mostly flopped and drew backlash. OpenAI and Meta are trying a different plan. They are launching software agents first so people get used to them. Then they hope users will want a physical device they can carry around. OpenAI's new Dots agents and Meta's Muse are the soft launch before the hardware.
These devices could change how people talk to AI every day. They also raise hard questions about privacy when cameras and mics are always on.