Apple is reportedly developing an AI Pin to take on OpenAI. The device is said to be the size to an AirTag while featuring multiple cameras, microphones, and a speaker.It is said to be in early develo

The new collaboration gives Alphabet the AI momentum it needs.

OpenAI leader Sam Altman and famed ex-Apple designer Jony Ive announced last May that the duo was collaborating on a family of AI hardware products.

Despite that “conscious decision,” OpenAI has an existing relationship with Apple. Apple announced a partnership with OpenAI in June 2024 at its developer conference that has ChatGPT integrated into Siri. ChatGPT is also integrated into Apple's Visual Intelligence, which lets iPhone users learn about the world around them, akin to Google Lens.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Ive have been working on a hardware collaboration for nearly three years now, intending to move consumers beyond screens and into other types of AI-powered devices. The Wall Street Journal reported that the two have considered AI headphones and other gadgets with cameras.

The AI startup is on track to announce its first hardware device in the second half of this year, OpenAI Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane said during an interview Davos.

It had been a question of when, rather than if, OpenAI launches physical devices since acquiring former Apple design guru Jony Ive’s start-up Io last year. Speaking at Axios House on the fringes of Davos yesterday,