In the night view of San Francisco, Sam Altman pulled out a pebble-like prototype from his pocket. Without a glowing screen or a prompt sound, it made the entire Emerson Collective venue instantly quiet - this is the first AI hardware that OpenAI and Jony Ive, the former Apple design soul, have been keeping secret for several months. Altman announced on site that the first prototype has been finalized and will be mass-produced within two years.

The device is smaller than a credit card, screenless, rounded, and as light as an earphone case, yet it can secretly "eavesdrop" on the world: microphones and cameras quietly record the environment, and AI crushes the noise locally, only delivering the truly important information to your ear. Altman said, using it is like retreating into a wooden house by the lake, leaving behind the hustle and bustle of Times Square.

Design enthusiast Ive pushed minimalism to the extreme - "seemingly naive, but actually profound," he insisted on using Chinese porcelain to polish the casing, just to make the fingers "want to bite it." The interaction is also redefined: no app grid, the AI is the only interface. It remembers your habits, automatically books tickets, replies to messages, filters spam, and even actively mutes itself the moment you enter a meeting room.

OpenAI acquired Ive's startup company io in May this year for 6.5 billion dollars, betting that this "AI still life" will become the third screen replacement center after iPhone and Mac. Altman doesn't hide his ambition: this is not a phone, but a "digital sanctuary" that puts machines in the background and people back in the spotlight.

After two years, when this small stone that "breathes" is on the shelf, will you replace the noisy glass in your pocket with a quiet one?