Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget
… Since then, Opal has been working on an AI-powered audio product for the last few years. This, in turn, is the product that convinced Altman to invest in Opal. …
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Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex
… Cursor 3 is the startup’s version of an “agent-first” coding product. According to Nelle, the product is optimized for a world where developers spend their days “conversing with different agents, checking in on them, and seeing the work that they did,” rather than writing code themselves. …
Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop
… Malde tells WIRED that some leading AI coding products, such as Cursor, are already doing an early version of continual learning—using real data about how people interact with their products to do post-training and regularly ship model improvements. …
Apple's Next CEO Needs to Launch a Killer AI Product
… Each hit product—the Apple II, the Mac, iTunes, the iPod, the iPhone, iPad—piggybacked on a previous product. “We never think about shipping a technology,” he said. “We want to ship amazing products, features, and experiences, and we don’t want our customers to think about what underlying technolog… …
Rivian’s CEO on Tesla’s Cybertruck, Ferrari’s Luce, and What Happens If the R2 Fails
… Note that the first product we’re doing at Volkswagen is not a product from North America. …
Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shake-Up
… Ashley Alexander, a former VP of Instagram who has been leading OpenAI’s work on health products, will now lead the company’s consumer product unit. …
OpenAI Enters Its Focus Era by Killing Sora
… OpenAI’s leaders hope that combining these products into a unified consumer interface will help the company turn ChatGPT into a true super assistant. …
Ikea's New Blow-Up Chair Was Tested by Cats
… "It is tough to design products for Ikea.” Experiencing how good the inflatable Easy Chair is leads me to ask if Ikea will take this success further. Now that the company has nailed cat-proof blow-up furniture, a whole new world of air-filled products is possible. …
Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription
… That kind of coordination is exactly what building and shipping complex AI products will require—a platform approach, not a product approach. …
OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company
… Weil was previously an early executive leading product at Instagram. “Today is my last day at OpenAI, as OpenAI for Science is being decentralized into other research teams,” Weil said in a social media post on Friday, shortly after WIRED reported his departure. “It’s been a mind-expanding two year… …