{"id":61474,"date":"2025-10-06T01:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/61474\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T01:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:35:07","slug":"openais-first-device-with-jony-ive-could-be-delayed-due-to-technical-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/61474\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI&#8217;s first device with Jony Ive could be delayed due to &#8216;technical issues&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\"><a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/openai-and-jony-ives-startup-seal-the-deal-194408516.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:OpenAI and Jony Ive;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI and Jony Ive<\/a> could still have some serious loose ends to tie up before releasing their highly anticipated AI device. According to a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/58b078be-e0ab-492f-9dbf-c2fe67298dd3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Financial Times;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Financial Times<\/a> report, the partnership is still struggling with some &#8220;technical issues&#8221; that could ultimately end up pushing back the device&#8217;s release date, which is expected to be <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-05-21\/openai-to-buy-apple-veteran-jony-ive-s-ai-device-startup-in-6-5-billion-deal?srnd=undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sometime in 2026;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">sometime in 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">One of those lingering dilemmas involves figuring out the AI assistant&#8217;s voice and mannerisms, according to FT&#8217;s sources. The AI device is meant to be &#8220;a friend who&#8217;s a computer who isn&#8217;t your weird AI girlfriend,&#8221; according to a FT source who was briefed on the plans. Beyond landing on a personality, OpenAI and Ive are still figuring out potential privacy concerns stemming from a device that&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/amazon-is-acquiring-an-ai-wearable-that-listens-to-everything-you-do-221103233.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:always listening;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">always listening<\/a>. On top of that, the budget could reportedly be a challenge due to the increased computing power necessary to run these mass-produced AI devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">Outside these latest struggles, we still know very little about the upcoming product. Sam Altman, OpenAI&#8217;s CEO, reportedly <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/openais-first-device-with-jony-ive-reportedly-wont-be-a-phone-or-a-wearable-130024787.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:offered some clues;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">offered some clues<\/a> to employees that it could be pocket-sized, aware of its environment and sans display. There are still plenty of questions about what OpenAI&#8217;s first hardware project will amount to, but the company could be exercising more caution since similar devices, like the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/the-humane-ai-pin-debacle-is-a-reminder-that-ai-alone-doesnt-make-a-compelling-product-190119112.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Humane AI Pin;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Humane AI Pin<\/a>, were discontinued after failing to deliver on sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI and Jony Ive could still have some serious loose ends to tie up before releasing their highly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,50263,111,139,69,620,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-61474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-jony-ive","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-openai","16":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}