Episode 583 - OpenAI Wants In, Nice Wants Out

Well, open AI may be getting into the smart home.

They're going to have a screen-free AI companion.

According to Bloomberg, I know we covered it over there in CE Pro, the device is described as a rechargeable, movable home product with a built-in camera and environmental sensors and is reportedly meant to act as more than just another smart speaker.

OpenAI apparently sees it as an AI-native computer that can control smart home devices, handle media playback and messaging, and use ChatGPT's voice features for more natural back-and-forth conversation.

Um...

this would be great.

I, what, what, what, what if they come out and it doesn't do matter? Will it have matter? I,

I, I honestly don't think they're going to have their own

standard, the open protocol.

That's what they're going to

have.

I think this thing's going to be more of a companion to somebody than it is like a smart home product, really.

I believe they said it's going to be battery powered so you can carry it around the house with you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It says it's movable.

Maybe like a Sonos.

What are the little Sonos Roam speakers? Sonos Roam, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

This seems like a good idea in general, but not from OpenAI.

I don't think like, look, this company is burning like billions of dollars every single day, it seems like.

So I don't think the smart home is really going to make a lot of money, to be honest.

That's going to be like medical and finance and everything else.

So I don't see this as a real thing.

Hmm.