alt.hn

7/14/2026 at 10:09:22 PM

OpenAI's first hardware device will be a portable desktop robot

 https://www.machinesociety.ai/p/open-ais-first-hardware-device-will

by mikelgan

7/15/2026 at 12:25:59 AM

"We're going to change every industry, please take us seriously"

produces a Tamagotchi

by altcognito

7/15/2026 at 3:12:04 AM

Hey c'mon, that's not a fair comparison. A tamagotchi actually has a screen.

by graveemaster

7/14/2026 at 10:09:22 PM

OpenAI’s first-ever hardware device will be a battery powered, “humanlike” AI smart speaker designed to compete in the new Attachment Economy.

by mikelgan

7/15/2026 at 2:39:46 AM

Where did the term “attachment economy” come from? It’s the most innovative and dystopian framing for emotional manipulation I’ve heard yet

by jazzyjackson

7/15/2026 at 2:44:09 PM

It was coined in January by Tristan Harris at the Center for Humane Technology. He said it’s the “next evolution” of the extractive-tech model where companies use advanced technologies to commodify the human capacity to form attached bonds with other people and with pets.

by mikelgan