iPhone designer Jony Ive joining OpenAI
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Sam Altman and Jony Ive aren’t just designing a new device. They’re inventing a new cognitive object built not for your hands, but for your mind.
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Jony Ive became renowned for a meticulous design aesthetic that shaped the cultural zeitgeist during a 27-year career at Apple, which he left in 2019.
OpenAI is set to acquire former Apple design chief Jony Ive’s hardware start-up io Products for about $6.5bn, according to people familiar with the matter. Sam Altman’s AI venture is one of a number of companies betting on alternatives to the smartphone as the predominant device to access AI.