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Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex
OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.
TL;DR
- OpenAI released the Codex Micro, a $230 light-up keyboard for its AI coding assistant, Codex.
- The keyboard features 'Agent Keys,' customizable 'Command Keys,' a joystick, and a dial to adjust agent reasoning levels.
- It is intended as a 'command center for agentic work,' controllable via the ChatGPT desktop app.
- The Codex Micro is a limited-run collaboration, suggesting it's a novelty item.
- OpenAI is also developing a portable, screenless smart speaker with moving mechanical parts.
- This speaker is reportedly being designed by former Apple engineers.
- Apple is suing OpenAI, accusing the company of extracting confidential information for hardware development.
- OpenAI denies the allegations.