The OpenAI hardware story is becoming more concrete. OpenAI is moving toward consumer hardware that could sit between Alexa, Google Nest, Humane-style AI devices and whatever Apple eventually does with Siri and Apple Intelligence. We have already covered Apple lawsuit against OpenAI and the AI hardware race, as well as OpenAI public response to Apple trade-secret claims. A distinctive OpenAI speaker with Jony Ive design involvement would make that legal fight feel even more commercially important. Also worth readingApple spent years defining premium consumer hardware around screens, touch and operating-system control.