OpenAI
TL;DR A new report has revealed specific development issues facing OpenAI and Jony Ive’s new AI device.
Major issues include the assistant’s personality and voice, privacy issues, and cloud computing power.
Another source corroborated a previous claim that this device would be always-on rather than requiring a wake word.
OpenAI and former Apple designer Jony Ive announced work on a mysterious new AI device last year, and we’ve heard a few details since then. Now, a new report has revealed specific issues with this upcoming device.
The Financial Times (FT) reports that OpenAI has encountered a variety of obstacles as it develops the new AI gadget. Furthermore, the outlet’s sources say these issues could delay the device’s release. However, one source said these problems were typical of the product development process.
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These major issues include deciding on the assistant’s personality and voice, privacy issues, and “budgeting for the computing power needed to run OpenAI’s models on a mass consumer device.”
A source told the outlet that computing power is still an issue for OpenAI at large: Amazon has the compute for an Alexa, so does Google, but OpenAI is struggling to get enough compute for ChatGPT, let alone an AI device — they need to fix that first. It’s possible to run some AI models locally, and we’ve even seen OpenAI release its first AI model that can (barely) run on-device. But even this distilled model requires a powerful Snapdragon device with a ton of RAM. So a cloud-powered device should drive down hardware costs and offer a more powerful experience. However, the last thing you want is a cloud-first device that struggles to actually connect to the cloud.
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