Reports of OpenAI's new hardware product — an ambient speaker with robotic components — sound like a great first experiment in the hardware category.

Discussing reports of OpenAI's rumored hardware device — an ambient speaker with robotic elements — Andrew Sharp says the concept sounds like a smart first foray into hardware. ✦ AI generated

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we discussed all these topics, as well the reports of OpenAI's new hardware product — an ambient speaker, with robotic components — and why that idea sounds like a great first experiment in the hardware category.

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