🤖 OpenAI's next big move isn't software

There’s an awkward moment in every changing of the guard when the old world hasn’t quite left us and the new one hasn’t quite arrived.

This week in tech, it felt like we were standing right in the middle of it, watching one give way to the other.

We can all see change coming. What we still can't answer is who gets to shape what we find on the other side.

In this week’s issue:

• OpenAI wants to put ChatGPT in a smart speaker
• Apple may split its biggest iPhone launch in two
• IBM’s historic stock crash reveals an AI problem

See you next week!

— Kelechi, Interim Managing Editor

🚀 BIG STORY

🔊 OpenAI wants to put ChatGPT in your home – literally

By Chivumnovu Ogbonda

ChatGPT already lives on your phone and computer, but OpenAI is betting you’ll make room for it somewhere inside your home. Its first hardware device is said to be a screenless smart speaker that can see, listen, and move with you. Whether that’s enough to make us buy a dedicated AI gadget will depend on what OpenAI gets right that everyone before it got wrong.

⚡️ MORE BIG STORIES

📱 Your next iPhone upgrade may require a little more patience

Apple may break up the iPhone launch we’ve come to expect every September. Sources suggest the iPhone 18 Pro models and Apple’s first foldable (with a rumoured $2,000 price tag) could arrive this year, while the regular iPhone 18 waits until 2027. Throw in possible price hikes, and when you upgrade could soon matter as much as which iPhone you buy.