OpenAI 终于推出硬件……专为 Codex 打造

OpenAI 终于推出了一款硬件。不，这并非该公司与前苹果设计师乔尼·艾夫（Jony Ive）共同开发的神秘人工智能设备，该项目已卷进了一场棘手的诉讼。相反，这是一款为其编程平台 Codex 设计的产品。

该设备名为 Codex Micro，是一个方形按钮块，来自这家 AI 公司与键盘制造商 Work Louder 的合作。OpenAI 表示，这是一次限时合作，将为用户提供更多监控和管理其代理的方式。

该操控板与 Work Louder 的 Creator Micro 2 高度相似，营销图片显示似乎采用了相同的 13 个机械开关、一个摇杆、一个拨盘和一个触摸传感器。该设备也与 Work Louder 在 2023 年与 Figma 联合推出的另一款操控板颇为相似。

OpenAI 表示 Codex Micro 售价 230 美元，将在 Supply Co 售完即止。它并未说明此次合作的具体供货数量。

在一段介绍设备的视频中，Work Louder 联合创始人迈克·迪吉诺瓦（Mike Di Genova）称 Micro 拥有六个磨砂按键，可提供"Codex 线程的实时视图"，并用不同颜色指示任务状态，例如已完成、需要反馈、正在运行或遇到错误。还有一些命令键可分配给常用操作，如按住说话、接受或拒绝更改以及发送，设备还附带 32 个 Codex 图标的替换键帽。摇杆和拨盘也可分别用于启动常见工作流和调整推理水平，OpenAI 表示所有控制项均可通过 ChatGPT 桌面应用进行配置。

该设备与 OpenAI 正与艾夫合作开发的主要硬件项目无关。关于那款设备的细节不多，但报道称它将是一款可以让你与 ChatGPT 对话的智能音箱。传闻将于明年某个时候推出。本周，在苹果公司提起诉讼指控 OpenAI 窃取硬件机密后，该项目再次受到审视，而 OpenAI 表示这些指控毫无根据。

OpenAI is finally releasing some hardware. No, it isn’t the mysterious AI-powered device the company is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive, a project already tangled up in a messy lawsuit. Instead, it’s a product designed to be used with its coding platform, Codex.

The device, a square-shaped block of buttons called Codex Micro, is a collaboration between the AI company and keyboard maker Work Louder. OpenAI said it is a limited-run collaboration that will give users more ways to monitor and manage their agents.

The pad closely resembles Work Louder’s Creator Micro 2, and marketing images show what appears to be an identical array of 13 mechanical switches alongside a joystick, dial, and touch sensor. The device also looks broadly similar to a separate pad Work Louder produced with Figma back in 2023.

OpenAI said Codex Micro will cost $230 and be available on Supply Co while supplies last. It did not specify how many units were available as part of the partnership.

In a video explaining the device, Work Louder cofounder Mike Di Genova said Micro has six frosted keys that provide a “live view of your Codex threads,” using different colors to indicate the status of a task, such as whether it is complete, needs feedback, is running, or has encountered an error. There are also command keys that can be assigned to common actions, like push-to-talk, accept or reject changes, and send, and the device comes with 32 additional keycaps of Codex icons. The joystick and dial can also be used to start common workflows and adjust reasoning level, respectively, and OpenAI says all controls are configurable from the ChatGPT desktop app.

The device is separate from OpenAI’s primary hardware project in development with Ive. Details on that device are slim, but reports suggest it will be some kind of smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT. It’s rumored to launch at some point next year. The product has come under renewed scrutiny this week after Apple filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing hardware secrets, allegations it said are without merit.