{"id":15028,"date":"2026-08-08T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15028"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:01:06","slug":"openais-expensive-smart-speaker-will-use-moving-parts-to-seem-more-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15028","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI\u2019s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem \u201cmore alive\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong><br \/>\n                    Scharon Harding<br \/>\n                <\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 7, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>OpenAI\u2019s upcoming smart speaker will probably cost over $300, \u201cpeople familiar with the matter\u201d have told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-08-06\/what-is-openai-s-device-a-doughnut-shaped-speaker-that-costs-over-300?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NjA2MDgyNCwiZXhwIjoxNzg2NjY1NjI0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSjlNQ01UOU5KTFUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2RDkzQzFFQjk4MDM0OTNDODhBNzFFMDUxMTQ0NzVDRCJ9.5SSrnvKXTs5UOCKYsvSKMvrrtbJHjszUNNPj56rotaE&amp;leadSource=article-gifting\">Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The generative AI company has \u201cdiscussed\u201d charging up to $400, Bloomberg, which has been reporting on the yet-to-be-announced smart speaker since July, said today. The publication said that OpenAI is viewing the smart speaker as a smartphone replacement.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI has declined to comment on its product roadmap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/openais-expensive-smart-speaker-will-use-moving-parts-to-seem-more-alive\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/openais-expensive-smart-speaker-will-use-moving-parts-to-seem-more-alive\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/openais-expensive-smart-speaker-will-use-moving-parts-to-seem-more-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scharon Harding &bull; August 7, 2026 OpenAI\u2019s upcoming smart speaker will probably cost over $300, \u201cpeople familiar with the matter\u201d have told Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman. The generative AI company has \u201cdiscussed\u201d charging up to $400, Bloomberg, which has been reporting on the yet-to-be-announced smart speaker since July, said today. The publication said that OpenAI is<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15028\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}