Summary • Sam Altman and Jony Ive have moved their screenless, pocketable AI hardware from concept to prototype, expecting a debut in less than two years • The "third core device" is designed around ambient intelligence, aiming to filter digital noise instead of amplifying it • Ive's design language focuses on deceptive simplicity and whimsy, defining the new AI-native interface

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive have quietly moved their mysterious AI hardware from concept to prototype, confirming that “finally, we have the first prototypes” and that the debut device should arrive in less than two years.

The product is widely understood as a screenless, pocketable AI gadget born from OpenAI’s $6.4 billion USD acquisition of Ive’s io Products, pitched as a “

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