The race to release an AI device that people actually like is heating up: Apple may be working on an AI accessory that could come out as early as 2027, The Information reported this week, two days after OpenAI shared an update on its own highly anticipated hardware.

According to The Information:

Apple’s gizmo will be an AI pin that you can attach to your clothes, equipped with cameras and microphones for observing your surroundings.
The company is aiming to make it roughly the size of an AirTag (1 ¼ inches across).
It’s still in the “early stages” of development.
Hurry up? Apple was already labeled a slow adopter of AI when it pulled a GTA VI last spring and delayed the launch of its new AI-powered Siri until sometime this year (with help from Google Gemini). Now, the iPhone maker may be trying to expedite its rumored wearable to compete directly with OpenAI, which has been teasing a lamp for its genie for months now.