Jony Ive’s AI gadget rumored to be ‘slightly larger’ than Humane’s AI pin

Humane’s AI Pin. | Photo by Amelia Holoway Krales / The Verge

More details are trickling retired astir Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s caller AI device. In a station connected Thursday, Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo says his probe indicates that the instrumentality could beryllium larger than Humane’s AI pin, but with a “form origin arsenic compact and elegant arsenic an iPod Shuffle.”

Kuo adds that “one of the intended usage cases” is wearing the instrumentality astir your neck. It besides whitethorn not travel with a display, Kuo says, featuring conscionable built-in cameras and microphones for “environmental detection.” The instrumentality could besides link to smartphones and PCs to usage their computing and show capabilities.

This latest leak aligns with a study from The Wall Street Journal, which says the instrumentality volition beryllium alert of a user’s beingness and surroundings, but astir apt won’t beryllium a brace of glasses. On Wednesday, Altman revealed that OpenAI is buying Ive’s AI hardware company, io, for $6.5 billion, which volition “take implicit plan for each of OpenAI, including its software.” Ive and Altman are aiming to motorboat their archetypal devices successful 2026.