{"id":805412,"date":"2026-07-16T10:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805412\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:12:15","slug":"openais-first-physical-device-is-here-a-230-micro-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805412\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI&#8217;s first physical device is here: A $230 micro keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI&#8217;s long-anticipated entry into consumer hardware has arrived, but it&#8217;s not the Jony Ive collab everyone has been waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>The company has launched Codex Micro, <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/supply\/co-lab\/work-louder\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a $230 mechanical keypad<\/a> developed with peripheral maker Work Louder, sold through OpenAI&#8217;s &#8220;Supply Co.&#8221; storefront as part of a &#8220;Work Louder Co-Lab&#8221; collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"text-gray-600\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpenAIDevs\/status\/2077425991790870644\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab) (opens in a new window)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/>\n        This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The device is a compact 13-key controller designed to work alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/openai-releases\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OpenAI&#8217;s Codex coding assistant<\/a>. It features a rotary dial to adjust the AI&#8217;s &#8220;reasoning level,&#8221; a joystick to trigger coding workflows such as reviewing pull requests or debugging errors, programmable command keys for actions like accepting or rejecting suggestions, and RGB backlighting that changes color to reflect what an active Codex session is doing. <\/p>\n<p>\n            Mashable Light Speed\n        <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/images-1.fill.size_2000x1871.v1784147874.png\" alt=\"Image of OpenAI's Codex Micro\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1871\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>            Credit: OpenAI\n        <\/p>\n<p>It ships with 32 interchangeable keycaps, connects via Bluetooth or USB-C, and is compatible with Mac and Windows. Pre-orders list an estimated ship date of July 24.<\/p>\n<p>The launch stands in contrast to OpenAI&#8217;s other hardware effort: a screenless, &#8220;humanlike&#8221; AI companion device in development with former Apple designer Jony Ive, whose startup io OpenAI acquired last year. That product, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/openai-chatgpt-smart-speaker-leak\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">described in recent reporting<\/a> as capable of tracking a user&#8217;s surroundings and habits, has yet to reach the market. Previous AI devices, including <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/humane-ai-pin-discontinued-killed\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Humane&#8217;s AI Pin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/friend-the-ai-companion-beyond-parody\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Friend pendant<\/a>, both struggled to gain traction after launch.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction to Codex Micro has been mixed online, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singularity\/comments\/1uxbwiv\/openai_reveals_codex_micro\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">some on Reddit<\/a> questioning whether the release was a joke and criticizing its price as steep for a peripheral aimed at a narrow set of developer workflows.<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable\u2019s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI&#8217;s long-anticipated entry into consumer hardware has arrived, but it&#8217;s not the Jony Ive collab everyone has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,49,48,61],"class_list":["post-805412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}