Today saw the launch of Nothing OS 3.0, the new version of the customization layer based on Android 15. Although it brings many new features, everything indicates that the true revolution promised by Nothing will not arrive until next year, with the launch of his “secret project” that Carl Pei has revealed today.
The founder of Nothing has used his Instagram account to show for the first time the new AI that will come in Nothing mobiles; but far from being a version of ChatGPT or Gemini adapted for the Nothing system, it seems to be a new project that is going beyond being a simple voice assistant.
And the video published by Pei implies that Nothing’s AI wants to become our friendthat does much more than help us in our daily lives as the OpenAI and Google assistants are already capable of doing. The idea is that we can create our own personal assistant, unique and non-transferable, which will be adapted to our needs and will have its own personality, different from that of other users.
The short video shows the configuration process of the new AI; Instead of configuring things like our account or access to our data, the settings seem to focus on how the AI will behave. Initially, the AI speaks to the user in a generic way, but immediately asks a very personal question: Do you enjoy spending time with family or friends?
The AI goes on to address other personal questions, such as how the user would like someone to spend time with. The interesting thing is that these questions are not simple theater, but rather serve to configure AI personality.
When the process ends, the AI has completely changed. The voice is different, as is the way it expresses itself to the user, the phrases it uses or the tone of the conversation. In the example, if the user prefers someone who is fun, attentive, and has a good sense of humor, the resulting voice has a very different accent from the initial one. In addition to the voice, this AI will be recognized by the floating ‘eyes’ on the screen, which give it more personality than the typical icon that AIs currently use.
Nothing has not shared any more details about this AI, and has not even given it a name; The AI calls itself “Oliver”, although that is probably the name created for the user. Still, this video proves that Carl Pei was serious when he announced that Nothing was going to focus on AI for the next generation of devices.
Nothing’s new AI is expected be released with the Nothing Phone (3)which should be launched throughout 2025; It will possibly have a chip capable of executing AI-based functions locally, although again, it is not clear if this assistant will be capable of that or if it will need a constant Internet connection, as well as the privacy guarantees that the company will have. to offer for such a personal experience.
