OpenAI is teasing new hardware… for Codex

OpenAI teased a square-shaped Codex-related hardware device on X and said it will launch on July 15, in partnership with Work Louder, a maker of mechanical keyboards and macro pads with mappable keys, dials, and switches. It appears to be a shortcut-focused accessory for the AI coding tool rather than the separate Jony Ive device, suggesting OpenAI is extending Codex into dedicated physical controls.

OpenAI is releasing some sort of device related to its AI-powered coding tool, Codex, on July 15th. In a video posted to X on Monday, OpenAI shows a square-shaped device with several buttons, alongside the caption, "Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgrade." This isn't the mysterious AI-powered device OpenAI is working on with former Apple designer Jony Ive, however. As shown in the teaser, OpenAI is launching the device in partnership with Work Louder, a company that sells an array of mechanical keyboards and macro pads with mappable keys, dials, and switches. The silhouette of the device shown by OpenAI looks a bit like Work … Read the full story at The Verge.