Archive · 2 Jan 2026
OpenAI Prepares Audio AI Upgrades for ChatGPT Hardware
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is working on making its AI better at talking.
Right now, the AI that types responses is different from the one that speaks, and the speaking part isn't as good.
They're teaming up with a famous designer from Apple to make a new device that focuses on talking.
This is because people are getting tired of looking at screens all the time.
OpenAI is developing a new device focused on audio-based AI models.
The device is being created in collaboration with former Apple design chief Jony Ive.
Current audio models are believed to lag behind text-based models in accuracy and speed.
The AI model for text responses is different from the one for speaking capabilities.
The development is driven by increasing user fatigue with screens.
- Who
- OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, in collaboration with Jony Ive
- What
- Preparing audio AI upgrades for ChatGPT hardware
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Not specified
- Why
- To advance audio-based AI models as users grow fatigued by screens
- Company
- OpenAI
- Leadership
- Sam Altman
- Collaborator
- Jony Ive
- Current Capability
- Audio-based AI models
- Report Source
- The Information