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Investing.com-- OpenAI and former Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) design chief Jony Ive are struggling with technical hurdles as they push to launch a new secretive artificial intelligence hardware device next year, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
The San Francisco start-up, led by Sam Altman, acquired Ive’s design company, LoveFrom’s subsidiary io, for $6.5 billion in May. The two are working on a palm-sized device that would operate without a screen, using cameras, microphones, and sensors to take in environmental cues and respond to users, the FT said, citing people familiar with the plans.
Challenges remain around the product’s software, privacy, and the large amounts of computing power needed to run OpenAI’s models on a mass-market device. Settling on the device’s “personality” and interaction style has also been a sticking point, the report said.
Despite setbacks, OpenAI has been expanding its hardware team, hiring former Apple and Meta staff, and is working with Chinese contract manufacturers, the report added.