Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

在硬件法律纠纷中，OpenAI 发布了一款售价 230 美元的 Codex 键盘

OpenAI is officially entering the hardware market with the launch of a $230 light-up keyboard designed to pair with its AI coding assistant, Codex. The Codex Micro, co-designed with specialty keyboard designer Work Louder, is being advertised as a fancy new way for ChatGPT users to manage their fleets of AI coding agents — the semi-autonomous bots that can write and execute code with little human input.

OpenAI 正式进军硬件市场，推出了一款售价 230 美元的发光键盘，旨在与其 AI 编程助手 Codex 配套使用。这款名为 Codex Micro 的键盘由 OpenAI 与专业键盘设计商 Work Louder 共同设计，被宣传为 ChatGPT 用户管理其 AI 编程智能体（Agent）集群的一种新颖方式——这些半自主机器人可以在极少人工干预的情况下编写并执行代码。

The device comes equipped with light-up “Agent Keys” that show agent status, customizable Command Keys that act as shortcuts for frequent Codex actions, and a joystick for launching common workflows. It also has a dial that adjusts how much “reasoning” — essentially, how much time and computing power — an agent uses on a given task (agent reasoning level). The idea is that, instead of managing your agents through your phone or desktop app, you can now use the Micro as your “command center for agentic work,” as OpenAI puts it. It’ll also probably just look really cool sitting on your desk. The device is controllable and customizable via the ChatGPT desktop app.

该设备配备了显示智能体状态的发光“智能体键”（Agent Keys）、用于 Codex 常用操作快捷方式的可自定义“命令键”（Command Keys），以及用于启动常见工作流的操纵杆。它还带有一个旋钮，用于调节智能体在特定任务上使用的“推理”程度（即智能体推理级别，本质上是时间和计算能力的消耗）。正如 OpenAI 所言，其理念是让你不再需要通过手机或桌面应用来管理智能体，而是可以将 Micro 作为你的“智能体工作指挥中心”。此外，它放在桌面上看起来应该也会非常酷。该设备可通过 ChatGPT 桌面应用进行控制和自定义。

OpenAI told TechCrunch in an email that the Micro is a limited-run collaboration, signaling that it’s more of a novelty item than a product designed for mass appeal. It seems like a flashy bauble designed to herald the company’s entrance into the hardware market.

OpenAI 在给 TechCrunch 的邮件中表示，Micro 是一款限量合作产品，这表明它更多是一个新奇的周边，而非旨在面向大众市场的产品。它看起来更像是一个旨在宣告公司进军硬件市场的华丽饰品。

The more consequential hardware news arrived Tuesday. A yet-to-be-released OpenAI device that Bloomberg revealed sounds like it is being designed for the long haul. It’s described as a portable, screenless smart speaker that integrates with ChatGPT and involves “mechanical elements that can move on their own.” At this juncture, it’s difficult to imagine how all of those disparate details — screenless, portable, moving parts — will come together into a coherent product (OpenAI isn’t saying). But it leaves an intriguing picture, to say the least. It also sounds like it’s not done yet. The Bloomberg report highlights that the item is still in development and subject to change.

周二传出了更具影响力的硬件新闻。据彭博社披露，OpenAI 正在开发一款尚未发布、且看起来旨在长期布局的设备。据描述，这是一款集成了 ChatGPT 的便携式无屏智能音箱，并包含“可以自行移动的机械元件”。目前，很难想象这些迥异的细节——无屏、便携、可移动部件——将如何整合成为一个连贯的产品（OpenAI 对此未予置评）。但至少，这描绘了一幅引人入胜的图景。听起来该项目尚未完成，彭博社的报道强调该产品仍处于开发阶段，未来可能会有变动。

This new device is also reportedly being designed by former engineers from Apple — a company that is currently suing OpenAI for trade theft. That connection hasn’t gone unnoticed, least of all by Apple. Apple last week sued OpenAI, accusing the company’s senior leadership of a deliberate strategy to extract its confidential information; it alleges OpenAI used that information in developing its own hardware device. OpenAI has denied wrongdoing.

据报道，这款新设备由苹果公司的前工程师设计，而苹果公司目前正因商业机密窃取问题起诉 OpenAI。这一关联并未被忽视，尤其是苹果公司对此非常关注。苹果上周起诉 OpenAI，指控其高层领导采取了蓄意窃取其机密信息的策略，并声称 OpenAI 在开发自有硬件设备时使用了这些信息。OpenAI 已否认存在不当行为。