$300 for a smart speaker only makes sense if it ships with a genuinely agentic OS. Otherwise it's another HomePod chasing a market Apple already gave up on.
How fast Pinocchio has to run these days. They're up to two stupid "disruptive" ideas a week to ensure that the stock market keeps their P/E in the "growth" category, so they can continue to leverage their overvalued stock against real money.
The generative AI company has “discussed” charging up to $400, Bloomberg, which has been reporting on the yet-to-be-announced smart speaker since July, said today. The publication said that OpenAI is viewing the smart speaker as a smartphone replacement.
The fact that Altman has manipulated his people into buying the idea that this will be a viable "smartphone replacement" shows a level of "collective delulu" (as the youts would say) that even I did not believe was possible. It's a god-damned smart speaker FFS.
Even if ChatGPT was a reliable and safe product (it isn't) and the speaker design something less idiotic than a donut... all speakers are by definition something that remain in a more or less static location in your home. How does that in any way, shape, or form "replace" a smart-phone? At best, were this product not as idiotic as is being described, one could I guess bluetooth or wifi connect to your phone to the donut and have it answer incoming or make outgoing calls (as in, a speaker phone). But every core other function on your phone that is not GPT is not replicated (to be clear you couldn't pay me $100/month to put GPT on my phone, but certainly some people do).
The level of disingenuous bullshit these companies shovel at us from month to month is staggering. I guess when IPOs are looming, honesty is 100% optional.
Can you buy a person for $400 to keep in your house 24/7 to interface with your smart home devices and do all of ChatGPT's functions?
The people actually interested in a product like this are the kind of people who are incapable of actually conversing with humans because they've been brainrotted and entirely cognitively surrendered.
Bloomberg pointed to “high-quality metal” and other premium materials for the speaker, which OpenAI reportedly designed with LoveFrom (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/05/apple-legend-jony-ive-takes-control-of-openais-design-future/) a studio owned by famous former Apple designer Jony Ive.
So their revolutionary new device is - a smart speaker? So surely not the iPod of the decade. And the size of it will make it sound shit for music anyways, so it will be a for voice-tuned device.
Smart speaker? Sure, seems like a great fit for OpenAI's core competency.
Donut-shaped? Fun, why not!
Phone...replacement? So, like, they think people will put the donut in their pocket or purse, and pull it out in public to ask it questions, to which it will respond, out loud, in public?
$300 for a smart speaker only makes sense if it ships with a genuinely agentic OS. Otherwise it's another HomePod chasing a market Apple already gave up on.
ReplyDeleteBlack Mirror happening right in front of us
ReplyDeleteYes, we all know whats gonna happen.
ReplyDeleteI already hate it
ReplyDeletePer Bloomberg, the OpenAI speaker’s main appeal is ChatGPT capabilities.
ReplyDeleteAlso, by sheer coincidence, that is its main detraction. The stupid price is secondary.
DeleteMaking AI "seem alive" is behind half the damage it's doing, particularly to people in crisis (as mnetioned in an article shortly before this one).
ReplyDeleteTrying to make it seem more alive / human-like is literally the last thing they should be doing. It's not your fucking friend.
How fast Pinocchio has to run these days. They're up to two stupid "disruptive" ideas a week to ensure that the stock market keeps their P/E in the "growth" category, so they can continue to leverage their overvalued stock against real money.
ReplyDeleteOpenAI’s speaker will “be shaped like a doughnut that’s roughly the size of a hockey puck,” Bloomberg said today, citing its anonymous sources.
ReplyDeleteYou know what else is roughly the size of a hockey puck? A doughnut.
Delete"Large boulder the size of a small boulder" vibes, here.
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ReplyDeleteStill, with OpenAI losing billions of dollars a year, it’s understandable that it’s seeking additional revenue sources and to drive engagement.
ReplyDeleteSo their solution is to find a way to lose billions even faster?
DeleteThe generative AI company has “discussed” charging up to $400, Bloomberg, which has been reporting on the yet-to-be-announced smart speaker since July, said today. The publication said that OpenAI is viewing the smart speaker as a smartphone replacement.
ReplyDeleteI am holding out for a smart boom box.
DeleteThe fact that Altman has manipulated his people into buying the idea that this will be a viable "smartphone replacement" shows a level of "collective delulu" (as the youts would say) that even I did not believe was possible. It's a god-damned smart speaker FFS.
DeleteEven if ChatGPT was a reliable and safe product (it isn't) and the speaker design something less idiotic than a donut... all speakers are by definition something that remain in a more or less static location in your home. How does that in any way, shape, or form "replace" a smart-phone? At best, were this product not as idiotic as is being described, one could I guess bluetooth or wifi connect to your phone to the donut and have it answer incoming or make outgoing calls (as in, a speaker phone). But every core other function on your phone that is not GPT is not replicated (to be clear you couldn't pay me $100/month to put GPT on my phone, but certainly some people do).
The level of disingenuous bullshit these companies shovel at us from month to month is staggering. I guess when IPOs are looming, honesty is 100% optional.
The device will be able to control smart home devices too, the publication previously reported.
ReplyDeleteLike a $50 Echo Dot?
DeletePaying $400 to OpenAI so that my voice doesn't reaches their training data sounds counterintuitive.
Wait, are they claiming to be using a local only model? Or that they are doing the translation from voice to tokens locally?
You know what else is roughly the size of a hockey puck? A doughnut.
ReplyDelete"Large boulder the size of a small boulder" vibes, here.
Depends on the donut shop.
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Before reading your comment, I too, wondered what's the difference in size between a doughnut and a hockey puck, or "cookie" as they call it?
DeleteAt that price it should also make freshly squeezed juice!
ReplyDeleteThat was the main problem with Juicero - lack of AI. They were simply too far ahead of their time with that product.
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How about talking to a person?
ReplyDeleteThey are definitely "more alive".
Can you buy a person for $400 to keep in your house 24/7 to interface with your smart home devices and do all of ChatGPT's functions?
DeleteThe people actually interested in a product like this are the kind of people who are incapable of actually conversing with humans because they've been brainrotted and entirely cognitively surrendered.
Well half the USA wants to go back to pre 1860s laws and legal protections....so, Soon (TM)(C)(R).
DeleteAnd because OpenAI confirmed it, paragon of truth that they are, it must be true :D
ReplyDeleteAn OpenAI Echo.
ReplyDeleteHoo boy.
Bloomberg pointed to “high-quality metal” and other premium materials for the speaker, which OpenAI reportedly designed with LoveFrom (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/05/apple-legend-jony-ive-takes-control-of-openais-design-future/) a studio owned by famous former Apple designer Jony Ive.
ReplyDeleteSo their revolutionary new device is - a smart speaker? So surely not the iPod of the decade. And the size of it will make it sound shit for music anyways, so it will be a for voice-tuned device.
DeleteI have achieved maximum speculation fatigue.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm missing something here.
ReplyDeleteSmart speaker? Sure, seems like a great fit for OpenAI's core competency.
Donut-shaped? Fun, why not!
Phone...replacement? So, like, they think people will put the donut in their pocket or purse, and pull it out in public to ask it questions, to which it will respond, out loud, in public?
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