These are the ChatGPT-powered AI devices that OpenAI might be working on (www.techradar.com)

Leaked reporting suggests OpenAI is developing multiple ChatGPT-powered consumer gadgets — including smart glasses, a digital voice recorder, a wearable “pin,” and a display-less smart speaker — with at least one device potentially shipping in late 2026 or early 2027. Hardware partners reportedly include Luxshare and Goertek (both Apple suppliers), and the projects have design ties to Jony Ive and former Apple executives, indicating high-priority industrial design and supply-chain muscle behind the effort. OpenAI appears focused on wearables and ambient devices that complement phones and laptops rather than replace them. For AI/ML practitioners, the move matters because it signals OpenAI’s push from cloud-only APIs toward integrated, always-on consumer interfaces that blend on-device sensors (microphones, cameras) with cloud-hosted models for conversational assistance, voice memos, and contextual analysis. That raises technical implications around latency, on-device vs. cloud inference, power/thermal constraints, privacy and data retention (recording conversations), and hardware-software co-design to optimize user experience. The market risk is real — prior ambient AI products (Rabbit R1, Humane AI Pin) had limited commercial success — but OpenAI’s design and manufacturing ties could accelerate tighter integration of models, hardware, and UX if executed well.