Jony Ive, Sam Altman
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Did Sam Altman just figure out what AI's been missing? Or did he get locked into the very thinking he's spent his career avoiding?
Former Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are creating a mystery device for ChatGPT, sparking speculation, memes, and jokes.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Jony Ive "the greatest designer in the world" on Wednesday after announcing his company's plan to buy Ive's artificial intelligence device startup io, in a deal worth $6.4 billion.
As OpenAI buys Jony Ive and Sam Altman's AI startup, the two have shared with staff a few hints about what their highly secret device will do.
Another hint Altman and Ive gave the WSJ is that the product will be "capable of being fully aware of a user’s surroundings and life," and "unobtrusive.'"Again, painting the picture of a small smart pin that you can place anywhere.
Ive is joining OpenAI, hoping to create another transformative piece of personal technology. Can lightning strike twice?
I really hope OpenAI's new hardware doesn't make me talk to myself in public.
Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Investors were happy about the hefty returns they got from the sale of io to OpenAI.