Sam Altman Breaks Into Apple’s Kitchen and Hires Tim’s Chef to Cook Up the iPhone’s Replacement

He swears it’s not for the cash… then spins up a browser war with Google and an AI gadget that socks Tim Cook right in the turtleneck.

And just when I thought the AI debate couldn’t get any weirder, I just saw that researchers caught ChatGPT literally pretending to complete tasks it never did. Essentially lying through its teeth… almost as shameless as Anthony Weiner swearing his Twitter was “hacked” after his own crotch selfie hit the timeline.

Well, let me just say, if that little stunt makes you nervous about the empire Sam Altman is building, wait until you hear this: OpenAI’s roped in Apple’s own iPhone maker, Luxshare, to bang out a brand-new consumer AI gadget. Clearly, ChatGPT isn’t satisfied haunting all of our browser tabs anymore. It wants a body. A pocket-sized, context-aware body that can follow us all around closer than the FBI monitors Tony Soprano in season 4.

While Apple’s stock hasn’t moved an inch and no one's acting worried publicly, you just know somewhere Tim Cook is firing off a text to Sam Altman like, “bro… can we not?” And fair enough… because if this gadget actually hits shelves, it’s a direct swing at the iPhone’s concrete fortress.

(Source: Reuters)

Remember, OpenAI already dropped $6.5 billion earlier this year to buy hardware startup io Products, co-founded by Apple design legend Jony Ive (yes, the guy who made us all feel like aluminum edges were sexy). Pair that design pedigree with Luxshare’s massive assembly lines (the same ones cranking out your iPhones and AirPods) and suddenly this isn’t some Kickstarter fever dream.

Oh, and you should know… they’ve been knocking on China’s Goertek too, the folks behind AirPods and Apple Watch parts, to build speaker modules. So yeah, if I were Tim Cook, I’d be shaking in my boots right now.

What stands out here is how OpenAI is swerving past the App Store tollbooths and building its own highway. A standalone “AI-native” device means they’re not waiting for Apple or Samsung to hand them scraps… they’re trying to redefine the game entirely. If the bet pays off, Siri won’t be the only casualty… every hardware titan from Cupertino to Seoul suddenly gets a target taped to their back.

But before we all yeet our Apple shares and YOLO into Nvidia, let’s take a breath… this thing’s still just a prototype. Squint a little, though, and it looks like one of the wildest hardware swings an AI company’s ever tried. Altman’s basically betting that in a few years, pulling out your phone to use AI will feel as ancient as calling your buddy’s landline and hearing his mom yell, “He’ll be down in a minute!”

I’ve still got a million questions… what’s it gonna look like, how big is it, what’s the price tag? But if Sam manages to swipe even a tiny slice of Apple’s market, that’s a massive win. Especially when you remember Apple fans would rather add an hour to their commute every day than swap an iPhone 15 for whatever flip-phone cosplay Samsung is pushing this year.

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