Recent reports suggest that OpenAI and Jony Ive are working on a AI companion that may ship in 2027. I got impatient and built my own interpretation of a physical ChatGPT companion: Chat-PET. Chat-PET is built on a simple idea: AI should be present without being intrusive—offering a glanceable display, better audio and instant physical controls while keeping your desktop free. It doesn’t run ChatGPT or replace the desktop app. Instead, it gives the app a physical home on my desk: A 320×2...