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OpenAI Model Designs a Hardware Device in Under a Week

OpenAI's hardware team used its GPT-6 Astra model to design a device for the Codex coding agent in under a week. The model handled the outer casing, circuit board and firmware, but several rounds of revisions were needed before the device was ready for production.

Quick glossaryOpenAI, Codex, Firmware
OpenAI
A US AI company best known for ChatGPT and its GPT family of AI models.
Codex
OpenAI's AI tool that writes and works on computer code for programmers, acting somewhat like a digital assistant.
Firmware
Permanent software built into a device that controls its basic hardware and tells its parts how to work.
The Decoder
Burning Potato score: 62%

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