The Verge: OpenAI and Meta are testing AI hardware demand with cute software agents

OpenAI and Meta are both pushing toward personal AI devices after earlier dedicated gadgets struggled, but The Verge reports their immediate strategy centers on software agents designed to be useful and cute. OpenAI introduced Dots at DevDay as personalizable, always-on agents, with Sam Altman describing them as helpers that can take on large pieces of work and proactively assist over time. Meta, meanwhile, is tying its upcoming pendant-like Muse Charm to its Muse agent. The Verge reports Meta aims to launch that device before this year’s holiday shopping season, while OpenAI’s hardware effort with Jony Ive is planned no earlier than February 2027.