OpenAI shows ChatGPT and Codex helping engineers build hardware, with Pi-powered laptop demo

OpenAIDevs · x · 2026-11-04

OpenAI shared progress on using ChatGPT and Codex for physical-world engineering across mechanical design, electrical engineering, and simulation — speeding up internal hardware iteration and testing new workflows with industry collaborators. Photos show a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 on a custom board retrofitted into a pink Sony laptop keyboard, a real example of "vibe coding hardware."

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