President Greg Brockman says the company is developing APIs to bring deeper ChatGPT integration to smart glasses and wearable devices, as competition with Google, Meta, and Anthropic intensifies
OpenAI is looking to extend ChatGPT’s reach beyond smartphones and computers into smart glasses and wearable devices, company president Greg Brockman said at a media briefing in New York. He described OpenAI as “very interested” in bringing ChatGPT to a wider range of devices as it continues building AI assistants meant to handle everyday tasks — a push that comes amid rising competition from Google, Anthropic, and Meta in the wearable AI space.
A Jarvis-Like Vision
Brockman outlined OpenAI’s long-term ambition of building an assistant resembling Iron Man’s Jarvis, capable of interacting with computers and applications on a user’s behalf rather than remaining confined to a single chatbot app. “We are definitely very interested in integrations, and I would view it as one of the use cases of the API,” he said, adding that ChatGPT “should be the interface and should be available on all devices.” However, wearable APIs remain in early development.
Moving Beyond Clicking and Typing
Brockman also pointed to OpenAI’s Codex technology, which already lets AI control computers and complete tasks across applications, suggesting this signals a broader shift away from traditional interfaces. “I think we’re just going to realise this phase of us, like, clicking things and typing things, it was a phase,” he said, framing voice-driven interaction as the intended future.
Opening Up to Wearable Makers
While some augmented reality glasses manufacturers already utilize OpenAI models for limited functions, most do not offer direct access to a user’s ChatGPT account. Brockman stated that new APIs which enable continuous background operation and computer vision-based multimodal inputs would allow third-party glasses to provide more expansive ChatGPT experiences.
OpenAI’s Own Hardware Plans
Brockman also revealed that OpenAI is working on its own hardware, which he felt would “tackle a problem that we think is underserved.” The company’s ambitions in this area have been challenged by a trade secret lawsuit brought by Apple, which accuses OpenAI of purloining its hardware developments. At the same time, the broader regulatory environment around AI remains intensely contentious.
