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> What this really signals is the intention (which might be sincere or not) of getting some sort of OEM deal with some device manufacturer. I assumed they were

> What this really signals is the intention (which might be sincere or not) of getting some sort of OEM deal with some device manufacturer. I assumed they were talking about their partnership with Jony Ive/IO and an internal hardware product, not partnering (not that they won't do that as well).

gaigalas 11mo ago
If you truly believe you have a revolutionary device, you don't need to advertise before its time. You wait in secret, and launch it in a big surprise. I smell bullshit, and some kind of partnership in which OpenAI provides model access and some third party hardware manufacturing. I could be wrong though.
- alephnerd 11mo ago
  This news only came out after The Information leaked that OpenAI is working with Luxshare to begin manufacturing a consumer product [0] a couple months ago. [0] - https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-raids-apple-hardware-talent-manufacturing-partners https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-raids-apple-h...
  - ulfw 11mo ago
    Wasn't the whole weird Johny Ive and Sam Altman cuddling imagery and announcement their public announcement of a 'device'?
    - alephnerd 11mo ago
      Not officially. It was implied, but it wasn't hard data about their seriousness in comparison to subsequent hiring as well as their enlisting of Luxshare as a vendor.
      - ulfw 11mo ago
        What do you mean by not officially? They talk about hardware in the announcement. https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/ https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/