OpenAI’s new trademark application hints at humanoid robots, smart jewelry, and more

Last Friday, AI Startup OpenAI Has filed a new application to trademark products The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) associated with its brands – “Opena”. Generally, it will not be newsable. Companies always file for trademarks. However, the application indicates both the new product line of the open and more speculative nature in the application.

For example, filing headphones, goggles, glasses, remotes, laptops and phone cases, smartwatch, smart jewelry and virtual and non-agemented reality headsets listen to hardware, including “for AI-assisted interaction, simulation and training”.

Open Sure last year It was working with former Apple designer Johnny Iv in a hardware project and CEO Sam Altman on Sunday Startup The Korean outlet has been said to be selected OpenAI hopes that the AI ​​-driven customer will develop hardware through partnership with multiple companies. But in the same interview, Ultman warned that even a prototype would take “several years” to complete the AI ​​device.

OpenAI’s trademark app also mentions robots-especially “User-Programmable Humanoid Robots” and “Humanoid robots have communication and learning effectiveness for people to assist and entertain people.”

Opina recently started recruiting for a new robotics team led by Caitlin Kalinovsky Joining Startup to lead hardware from Mater AR Glasses Department last November. According to the job list And Reporting from informationOpen Robots are trying to test-Humanoid-Custom sensors and AIs powered by AI, which can work with human intelligence in real-world settings.

Further to its filing, OpenAI “AI Model performs in order to optimize quantum computing resources to optimize custom AI chips and services.”

It has been rumored for a long time that Openai’s AI models are making a custom chip to run. Organization There is a category to concentrate on co—-Qualified chip elementsAnd The reports suggest Openai’s goal is to bring a custom chip to the market with Broadcom and TSMC in early 2026.

Opener plan for quantum computing – it has any set of stone – it is Murkia. However, last year, the startup has added a former quantum system architect to quantum computing startup secantum to its technical team.

As in the article Has been referred to in a piece from MarchAI models are likely to improve training skills for a large number of counting skills together with quantum computing. AI’s computing expenditures show no signs of coming soon, perhaps the future of the Opeena hardware training models shows that it is architectically different than the machines today.

Then again, trademark applications are often written as deliberately extensive and no company’s product is an indicator of roadmap. Openai’s domains can well reveal the startup is exploring – or at least, considering exploration. However, when – or whether – any technology mentioned in the filing turns it into a market.

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