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OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by ddarolfi »

dktp wrote: post #28
giancarlostoro wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> though I would be surprised if it turns out not to be running Android in some form. Just yesterday I saw a post I cant recall if on here or reddit, someone coded an entire OS with Claude Code, I would not be surprised if they invest AI compute at building an OS themselves, though I'd never buy a phone from these companies. The person got it running on bare hardware. Found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comme…

The issue is getting developers to create apps for a new OS nobody uses (yet). And nobody will use it if they can't have their banking app and uber on it This becomes even tougher if they go the Apple route and don't allow other phone manufacturers to use their OS. Alternatively, if they go down the Windows Phone route, we saw how that played out considering that Google _pays_ manufacturers to use Android Making OS i…

I would be surprised if any AI forward OS is based around applications developed by other people. I imagine the OS will create the software you need. Thing's like banking apps are more difficult, but I imagine OpenAI could sort that out behind the scenes.

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by phoghed »

iAMkenough wrote: post #23
fidotron wrote: post #15

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Cope harder. How’s the Rabbit doing? Only the HN bubble is interested in a new publicly subsidized AI phone option, over the AI phone already in their pocket at least. Edit: what is this, Reddit?

> Cope harder.

> Edit: what is this, Reddit?

Pick a lane brother

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by echelon »

Forgeties79 wrote: post #5
s0ss wrote: post #2

The bubble expands to meet the needs of the expanding bubble.

it really does seem like they’re just buying stuff up in the hopes that something accidentally turns into a profit to cover their previous investments/promises. Kind of a ponzi of acquisitions

I'm spending more money on Anthropic and OpenAI than I've ever spent on Google services outside of hardware.

I'm sick of the Android/iOS duopoly. Let them cook. The market is so ripe for disruption.

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by theptip »

dktp wrote: post #28
giancarlostoro wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> though I would be surprised if it turns out not to be running Android in some form. Just yesterday I saw a post I cant recall if on here or reddit, someone coded an entire OS with Claude Code, I would not be surprised if they invest AI compute at building an OS themselves, though I'd never buy a phone from these companies. The person got it running on bare hardware. Found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comme…

The issue is getting developers to create apps for a new OS nobody uses (yet). And nobody will use it if they can't have their banking app and uber on it This becomes even tougher if they go the Apple route and don't allow other phone manufacturers to use their OS. Alternatively, if they go down the Windows Phone route, we saw how that played out considering that Google _pays_ manufacturers to use Android Making OS i…

Honestly this might be less of a problem these days. If the model is that you build a good dev API and everyone points their agent at the software they need, then you don’t need the huge corporate investment in a full ecosystem.

To be clear I don’t think we are fully ready for this to work. But directionally the trend looks significant.

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by frabcus »

thejohnconway wrote: post #39
ssivark wrote: post #29

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The time is ripening to disrupt Android/iOS. The place to start would be to rethink the device around AI. No need for apps or messy integrations with third-party crap. Just a simple device with a great new UX (not typing on a touchpad!) that is slick and does a few things very well (personal agent, coordinating with your personal knowledge base, handling external communications and your interface with the world). Thi…

The problem is that although what most people use on a daily basis is small nearly everyone uses something unusual app for _something_. I think it would be quite hard to find a market large enough that didn’t include such people. There is a solution sitting there, which is running Android and having the AI run it behind the scenes I guess, but is suspect that would end up looking a lot like we have now.

Or have an agent read the APK and make new software based on it.

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by dominotw »

ssivark wrote: post #29
fidotron wrote: post #12

Both Apple and Google have dropped the ball enough with the state of recent releases that some iPhone-equivalent-disruption product from the AI industry is becoming conceivable, though I would be surprised if it turns out not to be running Android in some form. Putting a lot of effort into pushing complexity into software to reduce manufacturing complexity is precisely the sort of thing you worry about when you're ge…

The time is ripening to disrupt Android/iOS. The place to start would be to rethink the device around AI. No need for apps or messy integrations with third-party crap. Just a simple device with a great new UX (not typing on a touchpad!) that is slick and does a few things very well (personal agent, coordinating with your personal knowledge base, handling external communications and your interface with the world). Thi…

i dont really use any apps on iphone. pretty sure ppl dont want instagram served on chatgpt dynamic ui

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by iAMkenough »

phoghed wrote: post #42
iAMkenough wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cope harder. How’s the Rabbit doing? Only the HN bubble is interested in a new publicly subsidized AI phone option, over the AI phone already in their pocket at least. Edit: what is this, Reddit?

> Cope harder. > Edit: what is this, Reddit? Pick a lane brother

I have regrets.

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by Shalomboy »

wepple wrote: post #40
KaiserPro wrote: post #35

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OpenAI want to make smart glasses, but can't do that yet because its not possible. So they are almost certianly making an alexa type thing with cameras. So they can build a device capable of recording the entire context of a household.

> but can't do that yet because its not possible. Huh? Why not?

Because the central limitation is still mass; a friction-fit frame light enough to sit on your face all day without fatigue is the market expectation for eyewear, and devices generally require parts which weigh more than glasses.

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by drivebyhooting »

fidotron wrote: post #22
giancarlostoro wrote: post #18

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> though I would be surprised if it turns out not to be running Android in some form. Just yesterday I saw a post I cant recall if on here or reddit, someone coded an entire OS with Claude Code, I would not be surprised if they invest AI compute at building an OS themselves, though I'd never buy a phone from these companies. The person got it running on bare hardware. Found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comme…

Android has a huge amount of battle tested stuff for running things like media codecs and GPUs connected to devices that are not rebooted for months on end by normal people. (The iPhone wasn't an entirely new OS either for a good reason). The whole vibe coding an OS might become a thing in the next few years, but you still have to QA and test it, and there simply hasn't actually been enough time for that.

Why can’t agents QA it?

Re: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

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Post by palmotea »

iAMkenough wrote: post #14
fidotron wrote: post #12

Both Apple and Google have dropped the ball enough with the state of recent releases that some iPhone-equivalent-disruption product from the AI industry is becoming conceivable, though I would be surprised if it turns out not to be running Android in some form. Putting a lot of effort into pushing complexity into software to reduce manufacturing complexity is precisely the sort of thing you worry about when you're ge…

AI cameras won’t be accepted with open arms like the iPhone was 20 years ago. Might as well buy an Android if it’s an Android. For the mass market, the AI industry has a trust problem.

> AI cameras won’t be accepted with open arms like the iPhone was 20 years ago. Might as well buy an Android if it’s an Android.

> For the mass market, the AI industry has a trust problem.

Oh how far we've fallen! Everyone should invite an OpenAI into their homes to watch and hear their most intimate moments. Just think of the value! Next time someone fights with their spouse, the machine can email a summary with advice the next day! Mass bliss will surely follow!

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