OpenAI has had its first hardware success. Just hours after going on sale, the company's first-ever device, the Codex Micro, sold out. Although some in the community criticized its price and the very purpose of the product, the limited edition was sold out almost immediately.
This is not an AI speaker or phone
The Codex Micro is not the long-awaited device that OpenAI is preparing together with a former designer Applu Jony Ive. According to current information, this is supposed to be a completely new category of AI hardware intended for ordinary users.
The new product is aimed primarily at programmers. It was created in collaboration with Work Louder and functions as a specialized driver for working with the Codex AI agent.
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Mechanical keyboard for controlling artificial intelligence
At first glance, the Codex Micro resembles a small mechanical keyboard. It offers thirteen low-profile mechanical buttons, a joystick, a rotary control, and a touchpad. Some keys use RGB backlighting to display the current state of the AI agent - for example, whether it is currently working, waiting for confirmation, has completed a task, or has encountered an error.
Additional buttons can be programmed for frequently used commands, such as initiating voice communication, sending a request, or confirming changes. The rotary control then allows you to change the level of reasoning of the AI model directly on the fly.
OpenAI When it was launched, it was announced that it was a limited edition available only while supplies last. This isonec happened much faster than most people expected. Within a few hours of the launch of sales, the Codex Micro was completely sold out. The interest is all the more interesting because the device costs $230, which is approximately 4,900 crowns without tax. It was the price that many criticized even before the start of sales.
It's not actually a completely new product
According to Tom's Hardware, the Codex Micro is not being developed entirely from scratch. The hardware is based on the previously announced Creator Micro 2 from Work Louder, which has been modified to fit the design style. OpenAI and adapted to work with the Codex platform. The original model sells for around $174, with a set of special keys costing around $50. The new version is priced from OpenAI so it remained very similar.
Although Codex Micro is primarily intended for developers, it shows that OpenAI wants to be much more than just a creator of language models. The company is also still working intensively on its own AI device for the general public, which is being created in collaboration with legendary designer Jony Ive. If this product is as successful as the Codex Micro, it could OpenAI within a few years, become a major player not only in the field of artificial intelligence, but also in consumer electronics.
