Sam Altman says current computer form factors aren't designed to deliver the "sci-fi dream" of an AI companion like ChatGPT
An image of a woman holding a laptop in front of a ChatGPT logo displayed on a computer screen.
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An image of a woman holding a laptop in front of a ChatGPT logo displayed on a computer screen.
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A close-up shot of a student's hand throwing a hat into the sky during a graduation celebration
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Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks in front of a photo of Bill Gates, co-founder and former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., and Steve Ballmer, former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., during an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, US, on Friday, April 4, 2025.
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Sam Altman Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI speaks during the Italian Tech Week 2024
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The ChatGPT app is seen on a mobile device.
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CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is seen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with representatives of social media companies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, speaks at a joint press conference announcing a strategic partnership with Kakao at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, on February 4, 2025.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 06: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Altman delivered the keynote address at the first-ever Open AI DevDay conference. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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CHONGQING, CHINA - APRIL 15: In this photo illustration, the DHgate app is shown ranked second on the Top Free Apps chart in the Apple App Store, just below ChatGPT and above TurboTax, while part of the DHgate website interface is visible in the background, on April 15, 2025 in Chongqing, China. The Trump trade war has gone viral on TikTok, pushing a Chinese e-commerce app, DHgate, to the No. 2 spot on the US App Store's free iPhone apps chart. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)
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Bill Gates, Founder of Breakthrough Energy and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks onstage at The New York Times Climate Forward Summit 2023 at The Times Center on September 21, 2023 in New York City.
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CHIPPING NORTON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Mo Gawdat speaks at BoF VOICES 2022 at Soho Farmhouse on November 29, 2022 in Chipping Norton, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images for BoF)
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A binary code and Microsoft logo are seen in this multpiple exposure illustration photo.
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An office worker has a "Blue Screen of Death" error on their Windows PC.
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An audience member seated near a Microsoft logo listens as Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
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Windows 10 Start menu on Microsoft's Surface Laptop 4.
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Windows 10 Start menu on a Surface Pro 5th Gen
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CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 10: In this photo illustration, the logo of Grok 4 is displayed on smartphone screen with xAI logo in the background on July 10, 2025 in Chongqing, China. Elon Musk on July 10 unveiled Grok 4, a new version of his X platform's AI chatbot.
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Jony Ive (left) and Sam Altman (right) photographed in black in white with money and stock counts in the background
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ChatGPT logo of a chatbot launched by OpenAI is seen on a smartphone in a hand.
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A view of the new Microsoft Surface Laptop following a Microsoft launch event, May 2, 2017 in New York City.
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