Caitlin Kalinowski, head of Meta AR glasses business, joined OpenAI as the head of robotics and consumer hardware, which has attracted widespread attention in the technology circle. Kalinowski has rich experience in hardware research and development. He has led Meta's AR glasses project Orion and VR headset team for many years, and is responsible for MacBook hardware design at Apple. Her joining marks a major adjustment in OpenAI's strategic layout in the hardware field, and also indicates a new exploration of the combination of AI technology and hardware.
Recently, a major personnel appointment has caused a stir in the technology circle. According to the latest news from LinkedIn, Caitlin Kalinowski, head of Meta AR glasses business, officially joined OpenAI and served as the head of robots and consumer hardware. TechCrunch has confirmed the news.
As a heavyweight in the hardware field, Kalinowski's resume is particularly eye-catching. While at Meta, she led the AR glasses team since March 2022 and led the highly anticipated AR prototype Orion project. Previously, she also took the VR headset hardware team at Meta for 9 years. Earlier, she also worked as a MacBook hardware design work at Apple.
"I'm excited to announce my joining OpenAI to lead the Robotics and Consumer Hardware division," Kalinowski said in a post. "In my new position, I will first focus on OpenAI's robotics projects and partnerships, dedicated to bringing AI to the world of physics. , bring more welfare to mankind."
What's even more remarkable is that Kalinowski may work with her old boss, former Apple chief design officer Jony Ive. It is reported that Ive's startup LoveFrom is working with OpenAI to develop a brand new AI hardware device. Ive revealed in September that the product will create a "computing experience with less social distraction than the iPhone."
Meanwhile, OpenAI is recruiting research engineers for its robotics team, aiming to help partners integrate their multimodal AI into hardware. This marks the restart of hardware research by OpenAI after four years of shutdown. As early as 2018, the company developed a robot arm that can independently learn to grab objects.
At present, many companies have begun to integrate OpenAI models into hardware products. Apple will launch ChatGPT integration for iPhone later this year; robotics company Figure uses OpenAI's software to empower its humanoid robot 01 with natural language conversation capabilities.
This series of actions indicates that OpenAI not only wants to dominate the software field, but also is ambitious to redefine the future of human-computer interaction through hardware products. Does this mean that a technological revolution that is comparable to the iPhone is coming? Let's wait and see.
The joining of Kalinowski and the active layout of OpenAI in the hardware field indicate that artificial intelligence technology will usher in wider application and development. In the future, human-computer interaction methods may undergo disruptive changes, which is worth looking forward to!