OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Jean Chung / Bloomberg via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/gettyimages-2182154299.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_44Ra8msls">interview with our friend Joanna Stern</a> on <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/874444/our-friend-joanna-stern-is-becoming-a-youtuber">her YouTube channel</a>, OpenAI president Greg Brockman said the company is working on a "family of devices" for interacting with its AI models. However, Brockman didn't confirm <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/965670/openai-chatgpt-ai-smart-speaker-hardware-device">reports</a> that one of those devices is a smart speaker OpenAI's rumored to be launching in 2027, or earlier rumors that the device <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/672533/jony-ive-sam-altman-ai-device-ipod-shuffle-ai-pin">might be a wearable</a> like the Humane AI pin. He didn't give a release date, either, only saying that "you can expect them soon."</p> <div class="youtube-embed"><iframe title="OpenAI President On Reinventing Computers" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b_44Ra8msls?rel=0" allowfullscreen allow="accelerometer *; clipboard-write *; encrypted-media *; gyroscope *; picture-in-picture *; web-share *;"></iframe></div> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When asked about whether <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/964350/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets">Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI</a> could impact the devices it's working on with former <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/827607/openai-hardware-prototype-chatgpt-jony-ive-sam-altman">Apple designer Jony Ive</a>, Brockman said, "We are focused on o …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/972709/openai-hardware-greg-brockman-interview">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>