Ming-Chi Kuo in a tweet about potential OpenAI smartphone plans:
OpenAI is working with MediaTek and Qualcomm to develop smartphone processors, with Luxshare as the exclusive system co-design and manufacturing partner. Mass production is expected in 2028.
Makes sense to be experimenting with this, but I think a smart speaker is the best first hardware product for OpenAI. Amazon and Apple have left an opening for a new product that doesn’t depend on phone access. Only when OpenAI gets that right should they move on to other devices.
Meanwhile, also over the weekend, Sam Altman posted to the OpenAI blog a list of principles for the company. It’s a formalization of what he’s been saying in speeches and interviews for the last few months. Fits with my recent blog post about OpenAI getting its name right.
In many ways, I think the growing competition with Anthropic has helped OpenAI articulate their own message. OpenAI has fumbled around with side projects so much over the last couple of years that they might’ve lost the big picture. Let’s see if they’ve regained it.
