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Rumors of Apple’s new AI-based chatbot service grow, with some engineers referring to it as ‘Apple GPT.’ While seen as a potential competitor to OpenAI’s Chat GPT and Google’s Bard, Apple’s tool currently exists as a web application reserved for (restricted) internal use, with no current plans for public consumption. Instead, the company is still unsure of how, or when, this technology will be released to the public; though it has deployed some AI-related improvements to search, Siri and maps. Similarly, experts expect to see the system empowering the company’s eventual electric car and its new health coaching service. Currently codenamed ‘Quartz’ the program will take data from the Apple Watch and use AI to develop a personalized plan based on your heath and fitness goals.

Today we’re taking a look at a limited edition Frogman, Bond capsule and portable telescope. This is Today in Gear.

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G-Shock Unveiled a Limited Edition Mr-G Frogman

G-SHOCK

Currently listed at $6,400, only 700 pieces of the new MRGBF1000E1A were released; with a few models still available today. The launch celebrates two milestones — G-Shock’s 40th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of the original Frogman. The watch is made of lightweight titanium, and fit to an interchangeable, pure titanium band. Thanks to deep-layer hardening, the band boasts a durable diamond-like carbon.

Discommon Teases 10 Bespoke Tables

Discommon

This industrial design firm is perhaps best known right now for its work on the Shift Moonwalkers, but the brand has worked with everyone from Oakley to Tag Heuer. Now the brand has teed up a new Automotive Legends Bespoke Furniture collection built around a small batch of custom tables made from either aluminum ($20,000) or walnut ($17,000). Each table will take over 50 hours of design time to simply model, plus another 50 in texture development. Only 10 will be available.

Orlebar Brown’s Bond-Inspired Capsule

Orlebar Brown

Orlebar Brown just released a new capsule collection to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the James Bond film, Octopussy. After the 2012 film Skyfall, where Bond wore a pair of Orlebar Brown swim shorts, the brand has created a series of limited-edition capsules tied to the 007 films. Now, fans can shop a suite of vibrant summer go-tos retailing between $195 – $445.

Turn Your Smartphone Into a Smart Telescope

Hestia

With the Hestia, fans can pair their device to a six-lensed telescope to view (and capture) otherworldly sights. Everything from stars to planets to the sun can be displayed right on your screen. Best of all, the process is powered by an accompanying app that makes it easy to hone in on your preferred ‘celestial body.’ Retailing now for $189 on Kickstarter, the device will be a great way to view the upcoming 2024 solar eclipse.

Replace Every Pair, One Glove At a Time

Vermont Glove

What’s worse than losing a set of gloves? Losing one, and having to buy a whole new set to make up for it. Well, Vermont Glove is revolutionizing that struggle for the better. Thanks to its Single Glove program, fans can now purchase one glove at a time. Similarly, the brand’s Repair program allows fans to send their damaged gloves back in for mending. So when the temperatures cool, and you start searching for that perfect pair, consider making the switch to Vermont Gloves — for good.

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