OpenAI Said to Be Making Phone With AI Agents to Replace Apps
Key takeaways
- As Open AI faces a major legal threat from Elon Musk over its future, the company behind Chat GPT is reportedly pressing ahead with expanded hardware ambitions.
- Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported on X over the weekend that Media Tek and Qualcomm would help design a smartphone chip for the device, while Luxshare would act as a co-design and manufacturing partner.
- For years, both MediaTek and Qualcomm have envisioned AI agents as the future of how people will use their phones, handling tasks across multiple apps for you.
As Open AI faces a major legal threat from Elon Musk over its future, the company behind Chat GPT is reportedly pressing ahead with expanded hardware ambitions.
The company has previously been linked to a possible release of AI earbuds later this year or early 2027, but now it's said to be working on a smartphone in partnership with component-makers Media Tek, Qualcomm and Luxshare. Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported on X over the weekend that Media Tek and Qualcomm would help design a smartphone chip for the device, while Luxshare would act as a co-design and manufacturing partner.
Most premium Android phones coming out in 2026 will use either Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 or MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 chips, so it makes sense for OpenAI to tap the companies making processors for most of the top-end phones that come out every year.