法律纠纷正酣，OpenAI 为 Codex 发布 230 美元发光键盘

OpenAI 正式进军硬件市场，推出一款售价 230 美元的发光键盘，旨在与其 AI 编程助手 Codex 搭配使用。

这款 Codex Micro 由 OpenAI 与专业键盘设计商 Work Louder 联合设计，定位为 ChatGPT 用户管理 AI 编程代理舰队的一种炫酷新方式——这些半自主机器人只需极少人工干预即可编写和执行代码。

该设备配有发光的“代理键”用于显示代理状态，可定制的命令键充当常用 Codex 操作的快捷键，以及一个用于启动常见工作流程的操纵杆。它还带有一个旋钮，可调节代理在给定任务上所使用的“推理”量——即代理分配的时间和计算能力（代理推理水平）。

其理念是，与通过手机或桌面应用管理代理不同，现在你可以将 Micro 用作“代理工作的指挥中心”，正如 OpenAI 所言。它放在桌上看起来也可能会非常酷。该设备可通过 ChatGPT 桌面应用进行操控和定制。

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OpenAI 在给 TechCrunch 的邮件中表示，Micro 是一次限量联名合作，这表明它更像是一款新奇产品，而非面向大众市场的设备。它看起来像是一个闪亮的小物件，意在宣告公司正式进入硬件领域。

而更重大的硬件消息在周二传来。据彭博社披露，一款尚未发布的 OpenAI 设备听起来是为长期发展而设计的。它被描述为一款便携式、无屏幕的智能音箱，集成 ChatGPT，并具备“可自行移动的机械元件”。

目前还很难想象这些迥异的细节——无屏幕、便携、可移动部件——将如何融合成一个连贯的产品（OpenAI 不愿透露）。但至少留下了一幅引人遐想的画面。而且听起来该产品尚未完工。彭博社的报道强调该产品仍在开发中，规格可能还会变化。

据报道，这款新设备还由前苹果工程师操刀设计——而苹果公司目前正以商业机密盗窃为由起诉 OpenAI。

这种关联并未被忽视，尤其苹果更是心知肚明。苹果上周起诉 OpenAI，指控该公司高层蓄意获取其机密信息；并称 OpenAI 利用这些信息来开发自己的硬件设备。OpenAI 否认有不法行为。

OpenAI is officially entering the hardware market with the launch of a $230 light-up keyboard designed to pair with its AI coding assistant, Codex.

The Codex Micro, co-designed with specialty keyboard designer Work Louder, is being advertised as a fancy new way for ChatGPT users to manage their fleets of AI coding agents — the semi-autonomous bots that can write and execute code with little human input.

The device comes equipped with light-up “Agent Keys” that show agent status, customizable Command Keys that act as shortcuts for frequent Codex actions, and a joystick for launching common workflows. It also has a dial that adjusts how much “reasoning” — essentially, how much time and computing power — an agent uses on a given task (agent reasoning level).

The idea is that, instead of managing your agents through your phone or desktop app, you can now use the Micro as your “command center for agentic work,” as OpenAI puts it. It’ll also probably just look really cool sitting on your desk. The device is controllable and customizable via the ChatGPT desktop app.

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OpenAI told TechCrunch in an email that the Micro is a limited-run collaboration, signaling that it’s more of a novelty item than a product designed for mass appeal. It seems like a flashy bauble designed to herald the company’s entrance into the hardware market.

The more consequential hardware news arrived Tuesday. A yet-to-be-released OpenAI device that Bloomberg revealed sounds like it is being designed for the long haul. It’s described as a portable, screenless smart speaker that integrates with ChatGPT and involves “mechanical elements that can move on their own.”

At this juncture, it’s difficult to imagine how all of those disparate details — screenless, portable, moving parts — will come together into a coherent product (OpenAI isn’t saying). But it leaves an intriguing picture, to say the least. It also sounds like it’s not done yet. The Bloomberg report highlights that the item is still in development and subject to change.

This new device is also reportedly being designed by former engineers from Apple — a company that is currently suing OpenAI for trade theft.

That connection hasn’t gone unnoticed, least of all by Apple. Apple last week sued OpenAI, accusing the company’s senior leadership of a deliberate strategy to extract its confidential information; it alleges OpenAI used that information in developing its own hardware device. OpenAI has denied wrongdoing.