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OpenAI's Weeklong Device Design Still Had to Meet the Factory
· New York time
OpenAI says its hardware team used GPT-6 Astra to design a device for the Codex coding agent in under a week. The work covered the enclosure, circuit board and firmware, according to the report. Several revision rounds were needed before production because the model did not always account for manufacturing tolerances. That qualification puts the speed claim in context: the model could produce a broad design quickly, but the design still needed adjustment for the physical constraints of making it. The episode offers an appealing picture for teams trying to shorten early engineering work. It also gives the factory a familiar role in the AI age: reminding the design that physical parts must actually fit together. The assistant may have accelerated the draft, but the ruler still gets a vote.
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