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OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400
OpenAI is developing a donut-shaped AI smart speaker designed to be carried around the home, reportedly priced at $300-$400 and built with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio for a 2027 launch.
OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400
OpenAI's upcoming AI-powered smart speaker, developed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio, will reportedly carry a $300-$400 price tag and a distinctive donut-shaped design with unexplained 'moving parts,
Show HN: Pokémon Emerald Ported to Raspberry Pi Pico 2
A hobbyist port runs Pokémon Emerald natively on a $6 RP2350B microcontroller — recompiled from the pret decompilation, with a software-rasterized PPU on the second core, delivering a playable 60 fps
OpenAI, Jony Ive Build $300+ Puck-Shaped Smart Speaker for 2027
OpenAI and former Apple designer Jony Ive are building a battery-powered, doughnut-shaped smart speaker roughly the size of a hockey puck, with a 2027 launch and a price tag over $300, per Bloomberg.
OpenAI Defaults GPT-5.6 Luna for Free ChatGPT Users
OpenAI made GPT-5.6 Luna the default model for free ChatGPT users with unlimited text chats, while rolling out an improved GPT-5.6 Sol with reasoning controls for Plus and Pro subscribers.
OpenAI’s New Device Will Be Hockey Puck-Sized and Cost Over $300 - Bloomberg.com
OpenAI's first hardware device — a hockey puck-sized smart speaker designed by Jony Ive — will reportedly retail for over $300, with estimates placing it in the $300-$400 range.
Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents
Despite billions invested, AI agents have only about 10 million weekly users across leading labs — what Browser Company CEO Josh Miller calls 'basically a rounding error' compared to ChatGPT and Gemin
OpenAI Makes GPT-5.6 Luna Default for Free ChatGPT
OpenAI upgraded ChatGPT with GPT-5.6 Luna as the new default model for free users alongside unlimited text chats, while Plus and Pro tiers received an improved GPT-5.6 Sol with new reasoning controls.
OpenAI Gives Free ChatGPT Unlimited GPT-5.6 Luna
OpenAI upgraded ChatGPT's default free-tier model to GPT-5.6 Luna with unlimited text chats, rolled out an improved GPT-5.6 Sol for paid users with new reasoning controls, and shared a claimed 68% dro
Suno plans watermarking, download curbs against AI music spam
Suno announced plans to roll out watermarking technology and a revised download policy aimed at limiting spammy AI-generated music, with CEO Mikey Shulman framing the move as part of an industry-wide
ChatGPT drops text limits for all users
OpenAI is removing limits on text-based ChatGPT chats for free users and rolling out new GPT-5.6 models across all tiers, a move that arrives just as the service crossed 1 billion weekly users.
OpenAI Moves to Toss Apple's AI Trade-Secrets Suit
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple's trade-secrets lawsuit, calling the case 'baseless and pretextual' and arguing Apple is weaponizing litigation to mask its own AI shortcomings.
OpenAI Moves to Dismiss Apple Trade Secrets Suit
OpenAI asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets, calling the complaint meritless and 'rotten to its core' — Apple's own phrase repurposed against it.
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions
Connor Riley Moucka, a 26-year-old Canadian hacker known as 'Judische,' pleaded guilty to four federal charges for stealing and extorting data from 165+ Snowflake customer organizations and 100M+ AT&T
OpenAI Drops Text Chat Limits for Free ChatGPT Users
OpenAI is removing rate limits on text chats for ChatGPT's free and Go tiers starting next week, while rolling out a new "Think" button for reasoning and upgrading default models across tiers.
Microsoft AI Revenue 70% Tied to OpenAI
Newly surfaced Microsoft filings cast doubt on the durability of its AI boom, revealing that nearly three-quarters of its AI revenue flows from a single, money-losing partner.
DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else
Google DeepMind's WeatherNext AI predicts hurricanes one day earlier than existing models, according to a Nature paper, giving forecasters critical extra time for evacuations and supply staging.
New Attack Bypasses Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel, AMD CPUs
MIT CSAIL researchers have discovered that precisely timed hardware interrupts can defeat every default Spectre v2 mitigation on AMD and Intel CPUs, re-poisoning branch predictors after they've been s
Adobe Bundles 70 Creative Tools Into ChatGPT Plugin
Adobe has consolidated its separate ChatGPT connectors into a single plugin that exposes more than 70 tools spanning Photoshop, Premiere, Firefly, Acrobat, and other Creative Cloud apps, available now
Mirendil inks $100M Google Cloud deal for self-improving AI
AI lab Mirendil has signed a multiyear Google Cloud partnership worth upward of $100 million to source compute capacity for its self-improving AI research, gaining access to TPUs, Nvidia GPUs, and man
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