At least, that’s according to how OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described it during an interview with Ives at Emerson Collective’s 2025 Demo Day last week. “But finally we got there all of a sudden.” (After a pause, Altman then clarified that he did not actually bite the device.) Reports suggest that the OpenAI hardware will be roughly the size of a smartphone, but will crucially be free of screens, relying on cameras, a microphone, and a speaker to interact with users. The design, in any case, is supposed to be simple and bring “some whimsy back,” Altman said during the talk. More on OpenAI: OpenAI Locks Down Office After Violent Threat