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Morning Edition · Sunday, August 9, 2026Published at 3:02 AM EDT · New York
OpenAI's First Device Is a Screenless Speaker With a Camera, and Apple Is Trying to Block It
The palm-sized unit is reported at $300 to $400 with a 2027 ship date, and Apple filed for a preliminary injunction on August 4 alleging trade secret theft.
New details of OpenAI's first consumer hardware product circulated this week through Russian-language technical channels, which described a compact screenless smart speaker shaped like a ring and sized to fit in a hand, in a metal enclosure…
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