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OpenAI's first hardware device will be a portable desktop robot
- mikelgan 3mo agoOpenAI’s first-ever hardware device will be a battery powered, “humanlike” AI smart speaker designed to compete in the new Attachment Economy.
- ChrisArchitect 3mo agoSource: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/openai-s-first-device-will-be-moveable-screenless-speaker-built-as-ai-companion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/openai-s-... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912757 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912757)
- altcognito 3mo ago"We're going to change every industry, please take us seriously" produces a Tamagotchi
- graveemaster 3mo agoHey c'mon, that's not a fair comparison. A tamagotchi actually has a screen.
- jazzyjackson 3mo agoWhere did the term “attachment economy” come from? It’s the most innovative and dystopian framing for emotional manipulation I’ve heard yet
- mikelgan 3mo agoIt was coined in January by Tristan Harris at the Center for Humane Technology. He said it’s the “next evolution” of the extractive-tech model where companies use advanced technologies to commodify the human capacity to form attached bonds with other people and with pets.