Even though Elon Musk has promptly denied such reports, his prompt negation seems to have only fanned the flames of speculation around a supposed consumer-facing AI device that SpaceX-owned xAI is reportedly preparing to take on OpenAI's rival gambit.
While we already know that OpenAI is working on a number of consumer AI devices, SpaceX reportedly exhibited its own secretive device to a select group of investors ahead of its IPO last month, Elon Musk's speedy denial notwithstanding.
SpaceX's secretive consumer AI device is reportedly powered by a Snapdragon SoC, uses a proprietary OS, and sports a sleek design
Let's start with the beginning of this saga. Just a short while back, the Wall Street Journal published a tantalizing report, which described a consumer AI device that SpaceX apparently showed to a select group of investors and other stakeholders ahead of its IPO.
While not much is known about this purported device, the publication asserts that it sports a sleek design, one that renders it slimmer than an iPhone, and is powered by a Snapdragon chip. It also seemingly runs on a proprietary OS that leverages xAI's technology.
Soon thereafter, however, Elon Musk issued an unequivocal denial, spurring additional speculation. After all, if SpaceX is indeed working to catch up to OpenAI's consumer device-related ambitions, it would presumably want to keep such efforts a secret so as not to tip off Sam Altman, who remains Musk's awowed nemesis.
As we noted recently, OpenAI has been working on a number of AI devices, including AI-powered earbuds that bear the internal codename "Sweetpea" but might retail under the "Dime" brand name, and a consumer device that is shaped like a pen and bears the internal codename "Gumdrop."
Even so, the famous Apple-centric analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, disclosed back in April that OpenAI has relegated its planned range of consumer devices to the proverbial cryo unit for now, focusing its efforts instead on an AI-powered smartphone.
According to Kuo, Luxshare is likely to serve as the key assembler of OpenAI's smartphone that appears poised to challenge the dominance of the Apple iPhone, going on to note that OpenAI appears to have settled on a customized version of MediaTek's upcoming Dimensity 9600 chip as the SoC of choice for its planned smartphone.
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