OpenAI buys former Apple design chief Jony Ive’s startup for $6.5 billion in AI product push — from finance.yahoo.com by Daniel Howley
According to OpenAI, Ive and LoveFrom will assume design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI and io and plan to share their work next year.
Sam Altman & Jony Ive introduce io –from openai.com
As io merges with OpenAI, Jony and LoveFrom will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI and io.
Details leak about Jony Ive’s new ‘screen-free’ OpenAI device — from theverge.com by Jess Weatherbed
Altman told OpenAI employees on the call that they have “the chance to do the biggest thing we’ve ever done as a company here.” The Journal reports that Ive referred to the project as “a new design movement,” and harkened back to his Apple career that saw him work closely with Steve Jobs before his passing in 2011. Now teamed up with Altman, Ive said, “the way that we clicked, and the way that we’ve been able to work together, has been profound for me.”
Comments from The Rundown AI:
Why it matters: This duo has been making moves beneath the surface for several years, but this is a loud official announcement of OpenAI’s hardware ambitions. The AI giant now has the secret sauce behind many of Apple’s revolutionary products — and will now look to crack the code on a device that changes how users interact with AI.