Another hint Altman and Ive gave the WSJ is that the product will be "capable of being fully aware of a user’s surroundings and life," and "unobtrusive.'"Again, painting the picture of a small smart pin that you can place anywhere.

The idea is a “chance to do the biggest thing we’ve ever done as a company here,” Altman told OpenAI employees Wednesday.

From the beige boxes of the late ’90s to the scintillating aluminium and glass of today, I’ve seen our devices evolve from mere tools to extensions of ourselves. We’ve gone from lugging around chunky desktop towers to slipping elegant slabs of silicon into our back pockets.