I'm looking forward to AI NPCs in Elder Scrolls 6

SimpleStacker

Meta pendant before holiday + OpenAI Dots with eyes. So we went from "hardware is hard" to "let's make it cute and creepy."
‎Friend pin + Humane Pin already proved nobody wants $700 spyware necklace.
‎Why would I wear Meta AI when I won't even keep sats on Binance? Same problem: not your keys, not your privacy. My UTXO is my Tamagotchi, I feed it fees.

Chikasunbeats

Personal AI hardware has mostly crashed and burned. OpenAI and Meta are counting on two selling points: it’s useful, and it’s cute.

While AI has made plenty of inroads on people’s phones and computers, it’s largely failed in dedicated devices. But over the next year, two major AI companies, Meta and OpenAI, will attempt to change that. And they’re apparently betting on a similar path: testing appetite for physical hardware with their cutesy software agents.

“Hardware is hard” is a tech industry mantra. Dedicated AI devices like the 

 have inspired mainly frustration and backlash, which may only worsen as public anger against AI grows. Meta and OpenAI, however, are both pushing ahead. OpenAI is working with famed ex-Apple designer Jony Ive and plans to ship no earlier than February of 2027, per a 

. Meta aims to launch a pendant-like device sooner, before this year’s holiday shopping season.

While OpenAI’s hardware didn’t make an appearance at this year’s DevDay, the company debuted a major new AI agent platform called Dots, complete with personalizable colored blobs with eyes. During a Q&A with reporters after the keynote, when asked whether Dots would make their way into a future physical hardware device, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman replied that that “seems like a very reasonable thing to assume we may do someday,” declining to offer further details.

> **Personal AI hardware has mostly crashed and burned. OpenAI and Meta are counting on two selling points: it’s useful, and it’s cute.**
>
> While AI has made plenty of inroads on people’s phones and computers, it’s largely failed in dedicated devices. But over the next year, two major AI companies, Meta and OpenAI, will attempt to change that. And they’re apparently betting on a similar path: testing appetite for physical hardware with their cutesy software agents.
>
> “Hardware is hard” is a tech industry mantra. Dedicated AI devices like the [Friend and](https://archive.is/o/K98TF/https://www.theverge.com/column/791010/optimizer-friend-ai-companion-wearables) [Humane AI Pin](https://archive.is/o/K98TF/https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review) have inspired mainly frustration and backlash, which may only worsen as public anger against AI grows. Meta and OpenAI, however, are both pushing ahead. OpenAI is working with famed ex-Apple designer Jony Ive and plans to ship no earlier than February of 2027, per a [public filing](https://archive.is/o/K98TF/https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-timeline-hardware-ai-device-launch-jony-ive-iyo-2026-2). Meta aims to launch a pendant-like device sooner, before this year’s holiday shopping season.
>
> While OpenAI’s hardware didn’t make an appearance at this year’s DevDay, the company debuted a major new AI agent platform called Dots, complete with personalizable colored blobs with eyes. During a Q\&A with reporters after the keynote, when asked whether Dots would make their way into a future physical hardware device, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman replied that that “seems like a very reasonable thing to assume we may do someday,” declining to offer further details.
>
> [**...read more at archive.is**](https://archive.is/K98TF)