United Kingdom, Nov. 24 -- OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has called Sir Jony Ive's AI hardware project "so simple and beautiful".

Speaking at Emerson Collective's Demo Day in San Francisco, California, Altman and the former Apple designer offered their most detailed comments yet on the physical AI device they've spent more than a year quietly developing.

The still-unnamed product, built under Ive's new design firm LoveFrom, is expected to debut within two years - "maybe even less," Ive teased.

While OpenAI had previously said the first hardware would arrive in 2026, Ive's comments suggest the timeline may be accelerating.

Altman said Ive's design philosophy, stripping away anything unnecessary while keeping a sense of whimsy, has profoundly...