{
  "id": 238086,
  "title": "Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/jony-ives-first-openai-gadget-is-reportedly-a-hockey-puck-sized-smart",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T20:55:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/976431/openai-chatgpt-battery-smart-speaker-rumor"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "OpenAI is developing a smart speaker with former Apple designer Jony Ive. The device is battery-powered, doughnut-shaped, and roughly the size of a hockey puck. It has moving parts, lights, a camera system, and sensors.\n\nThe device is designed to be easy to carry around the home and will have a unique look, with moving parts that show when it is responding or interacting with the user. According to The Verge, it will have a price tag over $300 and is expected to launch in 2027.\n\nThe smart speaker will have voice as its main interface, with a camera and environmental sensors that allow it to understand its surroundings. It is expected to control smart-home appliances, play media, answer questions, respond to messages, and use ChatGPT to help throughout the day, as per Digital Trends.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: OpenAI's new device, slated for 2027, is a hockey puck-sized smart speaker with moving parts that help give it personality, likely costing $300+ (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/sources-openais-new-device-slated-for-2027-is-a-hockey-puck-sized",
        "published": "2026-08-06T20:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Engadget",
        "title": "OpenAI's ring-shaped smart speaker will reportedly cost between $300 and $400",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/openais-ring-shaped-smart-speaker-will-reportedly-cost-between-300",
        "published": "2026-08-06T21:46:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/openais-new-ai-smart-speaker-will-reportedly-sell-for-between-300-and",
        "published": "2026-08-06T22:43:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SiliconANGLE",
        "title": "Report: OpenAI’s upcoming AI speaker will be shaped like a donut and cost around $300",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/report-openais-upcoming-ai-speaker-will-be-shaped-like-a-donut-and",
        "published": "2026-08-06T23:40:28.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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