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OpenAI may be planning a 2028 smartphone push with custom chips (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/technology@beehaw.org
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A trusted analyst has claimed that OpenAI is working with two chip giants to create custom processors for an OpenAI phone.

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 15 points 5 months ago

Nope

[–] artyom@piefed.social 11 points 5 months ago

Yet another excellent way to burn capital.

[–] rangber@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago

FirePhone moment?

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

I remember the HTC Facebook phone. It was a raving success.

[–] alpha1beta@piefed.social 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather shower with a bear

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This seems rather dangerous ! Maybe take a beer instead !

[–] ComradeMiao@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

This seems too dangerous as well ! Maybe take an extra or two just in case of bears !

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 7 points 5 months ago

Lol hard pass

I'd go to a flip before I go to one of those. Hell, I'd go phoneless before I go gpt phone

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

Can we like help the needy instead? Please?

[–] n0x0n@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure it’ll just be a means to gather more input…

[–] rosco385@lemmy.wtf 2 points 5 months ago

Hopefully they forget to lock the bootloader and someone smarter than me can figure out how to port it to (at least) vanilla android.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

Imagine they eventually drop their own ai and remain a smartphone company.