The tweet is light on specifics, but taken at face value, it’s not terribly hard to imagine a pen-style device with AI integration allowing handwritten notes to be transcribed directly to (in this case) ChatGPT. If the same gadget is also an “audio device,” as tipster Smart Pikachu says, it could potentially provide two-way communication with ChatGPT via a paired smartphone or other device.
The OpenAI project is internally referred to as Gumdrop, the tweet says. The device was initially planned to be built by Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare, but a “dispute” over manufacturing location has evidently pushed OpenAI to consider Foxconn for the job. Smart Pikachu says the device is on track to be built in Vietnam, though “discussions include potential” for Gumdrop to be built at a US Foxconn site (the company operates plants in Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Indiana).