OpenAI is planning a battery-powered home speaker without a screen as its first consumer hardware product, Bloomberg reported.

The start-up is working on several other potential hardware products, including a pendant, a mobile device that could replace a smartphone, and home robotics, but is planning to launch the speaker first, the report said, citing unnamed people.

OpenAI has also announced a more specialised device, a macro keyboard for programmers called Codex Micro, saying it would give more details on Wednesday.

Apple’s HomePod speaker. Image credit: Apple

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