OpenAI and designer Jony Ive, who previously worked at Apple, faced difficulties in creating a screen-less device based on artificial intelligence, the Financial Times reports.
According to the publication, the companies plan to create a "screenless pocket device" that will respond to voice commands and visual cues from the environment. However, the team has not yet been able to resolve issues related to the device's "personality", privacy protection and data processing infrastructure.
FT sources note that the concept involves an always-on mode of operation, in which the device could initiate interaction on its own, but the developers have not been able to achieve consistent behavior — in particular, the device speaking only when appropriate.
Recall that in May 2025, OpenAI acquired the startup io, founded by Ive and Sam Altman, for $6.5 billion. At that time, Altman said that Ive's team would help create "a new generation of AI-based computers." The first devices were planned to be introduced in 2026, but the current difficulties may delay the launch.