3+ hour, 10+ min ago (714+ words) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive have quietly moved their mysterious AI hardware from concept to prototype, confirming that "finally, we have the first prototypes" and that the debut device should arrive in less than two years. The hardware is designed around ambient intelligence. It should build deep contextual awareness of your life, decide the right moment to surface information, and otherwise disappear into the background as AI does most of the work. Strategically, the device is OpenAI's bid to escape living on other companies' glass slabs and to define what an AI-native interface looks like before Apple, Google, or Meta lock in the next era of everyday computing. Report on Sam Altman likening OpenAI's forthcoming AI hardware to a calmer, screenless iPhone alternative, stressing simplicity, contextual awareness, and a two'year launch window. Overview of the…...