内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/joe-gebbia-mystery-metallic-device/

内容总结：

【旧金山科技圈惊现神秘设备，Airbnb联合创始人佩戴引OpenAI硬件猜测】

当地时间本周一，美国短租平台Airbnb联合创始人、特朗普政府时期任命的首席设计官乔·盖比亚在旧金山一家咖啡馆被拍到佩戴一副造型奇特的金属设备。相关视频在社交平台X发布后迅速获得超50万次浏览，引发科技圈广泛猜测。

视频中，盖比亚耳戴一对横跨耳廓的金属耳塞，面前咖啡台上则放置着一枚与之配套的蛤壳状圆盘设备。许多网友推测这可能是OpenAI与苹果前设计总监乔尼·艾维合作开发的AI硬件原型。不过，OpenAI发言人在接受《连线》杂志问询时拒绝置评，盖比亚本人亦未回应。

值得注意的是，该设备外观与今年2月在社交媒体广泛流传的一则OpenAI“伪概念广告”中出现的AI硬件高度相似——当时视频中演员亚历山大·斯卡斯加德交互的正是类似造型的耳塞与圆盘组合。OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼当时曾公开澄清该视频为“假消息”。

尽管设备造型与华为今年发布的FreeClip 2开放式耳塞有相似之处，但咖啡台上的蛤壳状装置与华为耳机盒设计明显不同。考虑到华为设备在美国面临销售限制，政府官员公开使用其产品的可能性较低。

《连线》杂志音频专家分析认为，盖比亚佩戴的更可能是市面已有的开放式耳塞（如声阔AeroClips或索尼LinkBuds Clip），但其桌面的充电盒与现有产品不符。经AI生成内容检测软件分析，该视频为深度伪造的可能性较低，但技术检测仍存在误差可能。

作为特朗普行政令设立的首位首席设计官，盖比亚主要负责政府网站用户体验优化。其公开测试原型机的行为引发业界好奇——若确为AI硬件测试，为何选择科技从业者密集的旧金山公开场合？

自去年5月OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼宣布与乔尼·艾维合作开发“AI原生设备”以来，市场对其硬件形态始终充满期待。巧合的是，当时的合作宣传视频中二人同样手持意式咖啡杯，与本次场景形成微妙呼应。

尽管存在多种推测，目前最可能的情况仍是盖比亚佩戴了一款未上市的特殊耳机。这场科技圈“悬案”的真相，或许只能等待时间揭晓。

中文翻译：

今日，Airbnb联合创始人、特朗普总统任命的美国首席设计官乔·杰比亚在旧金山被目击使用一款神秘的金属设备。在一段浏览量超过50万次的社交媒体X帖子中，一名酷似杰比亚的男子坐在咖啡馆里，手边放着一杯浓缩咖啡。他佩戴着将耳朵一分为二的金属耳塞，面前的咖啡柜台上还放着一个与之配套的蛤壳状圆盘。

这段视频于周一上午发布后，社交媒体用户迅速猜测，这可能是OpenAI即将推出的硬件设备原型，该产品线正与著名苹果设计师乔尼·艾维合作开发。在《连线》杂志联系询问后，OpenAI发言人拒绝对这段疑似杰比亚的视频置评。杰比亚本人也未回应置评请求。

杰比亚佩戴的设备外观与今年二月在Reddit和社交媒体上广泛流传的一则虚假OpenAI广告中的硬件极为相似。那则视频中，《皮囊》演员亚历山大·斯卡斯加德似乎在操作一款配有类似耳塞和圆盘的AI设备。当时，OpenAI谴责这段广为传播的视频不实。OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼在回应社交媒体帖子时写道："假新闻。"

周一杰比亚视频中的耳塞形状也与今年早些发布的华为FreeClip 2开放式耳塞颇为相似。然而，杰比亚身旁咖啡柜台上放置的蛤壳状设备与华为最新的耳机充电盒并不相同。考虑到这家中国公司因安全顾虑实际上被禁止在美国销售手机，若美国政府官员被看到使用华为技术，也将令人相当意外。

《连线》音频专家认为，杰比亚佩戴的很可能是开放式耳塞，因其与声阔AeroClips或索尼LinkBuds Clip有相似之处，不过这些耳塞的充电盒与杰比亚桌上的设备并不匹配。《连线》还使用检测软件分析了相关照片和视频，该软件来自名为Hive的公司，用于识别AI生成内容及深度伪造。检测结果显示，这段杰比亚影像由AI生成的可能性较低。当然，AI检测工具并非完全可靠，可能存在误判。整篇帖子也可能是一场合成骗局。

这会是OpenAI硬件的某种软发布预告吗？这种零星信息的流出时机似乎合理，因为该公司可能在2027年初向消费者发货设备。尽管如此，OpenAI此前已否认与那则展示闪亮金属耳塞及配套圆盘的AI硬件伪广告有关。

另一种可能是，杰比亚的设备来自其他公司的硬件原型。从初创企业到科技巨头，众多公司正围绕生成式AI模型开发硬件，尽管此前如Humane Ai Pin等产品已遭遇重大失败。

目前尚不清楚杰比亚为何选择在旧金山这样的公开场合测试原型硬件——这里的科技行业从业者更可能认出他。杰比亚是特朗普行政命令设立的首位首席设计官。该命令写道："首席设计官将协助招募顶尖创意人才，协调行政部门与机构合作，设计创新解决方案。"该职位主要专注于改进政府网站以提升可用性。

自去年五月乔尼·艾维与OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼宣布合作开发独特AI设备产品线以来，市场对OpenAI最终将发布何种硬件的期待持续发酵。一个可能纯属巧合的细节是：在那段合作宣布视频中，艾维与奥特曼同样啜饮着浓缩咖啡。在OpenAI开发者大会上，艾维曾表示希望即将面世的AI设备能"让我们感到快乐满足、更加平和、减少焦虑、减弱疏离感"。

尽管OpenAI过去多次否认，社交媒体评论者仍抱持希望，认为这款神秘的金属设备可能是OpenAI硬件的惊鸿一瞥，或是某家实力雄厚的初创公司说服了美国官员测试其原型。

考虑到所有可能性，这场风波很可能纯属乌龙，杰比亚只是戴着一副造型奇特的未识别耳机。无论如何，我好奇哪种推测（如果存在的话）最终会被证实。在那之前，我将继续品味浓缩咖啡，刷新我的信息流。

英文来源：

Joe Gebbia, cofounder of Airbnb and the US chief design officer appointed by President Trump, was spotted in San Francisco today using a mysterious metallic device. In a social media post on X viewed more than 500,000 times, a man who looks like Gebbia sits with an espresso at a coffee shop. He’s wearing metallic buds that bisect his ears, with a matching clamshell-shaped disc in front of him on the counter.
After the video was posted Monday morning, social media users were quick to suggest that this could be some kind of prototype from OpenAI’s upcoming line of hardware devices designed in partnership with famed Apple designer Jony Ive. An OpenAI spokesperson declined to comment on the potential Gebbia video after WIRED reached out. Gebbia also did not respond to a request for comment.
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The device Gebbia appears to be wearing looks quite similar to the hardware seen in a fake OpenAI ad that was widely circulated on Reddit and social media in February. That video seemingly showed Pillion actor Alexander Skarsgård interacting with an AI device that had a similar-looking pair of earbuds and a circular disc. At the time, OpenAI denounced the widely seen video as not real. “Fake news,” wrote OpenAI President Greg Brockman at the time, responding to a social media post.
The earbuds seen in the video of Gebbia on Monday also look quite similar in shape to the Huawei FreeClip 2, a pair of open earbuds released earlier this year. However, the clamshell seen on the coffee counter next to Gebbia is different from Huawei’s most recent headphone case. It would also be quite surprising if a government official were seen using Huawei tech, considering the Chinese company is effectively banned from selling its phones in the US due to security concerns.
WIRED's audio experts say he's most likely wearing open earbuds, as Gebbia's pair share some similarities with Soundcore's AeroClips or Sony's LinkBuds Clip, though the cases for those buds don't match what's on the table in front of Gebbia. WIRED also ran the photo and video through software that attempts to identify AI-generated outputs and other deepfakes. The detection software, from a company called Hive, says the odds are low that this imagery of Gebbia was generated by AI. Still, AI detectors are not always reliable and can include false outputs. It's possible that the entire post could be a synthetic hoax.
Could this be some kind of soft launch teaser for OpenAI’s hardware? The timing of this trickle-out would make sense, since the company may ship devices to consumers sometime early in 2027. Still, OpenAI denied any involvement with the previous pseudo-ad for the metallic AI hardware, with its shiny earbuds and matching disc.
Another possibility is that Gebbia’s device is a hardware prototype from another company. From small startups to larger tech giants, numerous companies are developing hardware centered around generative AI models despite high-profile flops like the Humane Ai Pin.
It’s unclear why Gebbia would be testing prototype hardware in a public setting, like San Francisco, where people who work in the tech industry are more likely to recognize him. Gebbia is the first person to hold the position of chief design officer, as established by one of Trump’s executive orders. “The chief design officer will help recruit top creative talent, coordinate with executive departments and agencies (agencies), and devise innovative solutions,” the order reads. The position mainly focuses on updating government websites for better usability.
Anticipation for what kind of hardware OpenAI will eventually release has been brewing since last May, when Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a partnership to create a unique line of AI-powered devices. It’s a small detail that’s likely just coincidental, but Ive and Altman also sipped on espressos in that announcement video. At OpenAI’s developer conference, Ive said that he hoped the upcoming AI devices would “make us happy and fulfilled, and more peaceful and less anxious, and less disconnected.”
Despite OpenAI’s past denials, commenters on social media are holding out hope that this mysterious, metallic device could be a glimpse of OpenAI’s hardware or that another powerful startup has convinced a US official to test their prototype.
Keeping all of that in mind, it’s still very possible that this brouhaha is about nothing at all, and Gebbia is just rocking an odd-looking set of unidentified headphones. Either way, I’m curious to find out which theory, if any, prevails. Until then, I’ll keep sipping on an espresso and refreshing my feed.