Jony Ive is reportedly creating an AI gadget with OpenAI’s CEO

Apple’s former chief design officer, Jony Ive, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are allegedly exploring alternatives to collaborate on constructing an unspecified synthetic intelligence “{hardware} gadget,” in line with two sources talking to The Data. 

This wouldn’t be the primary time that Altman has partnered with a former Apple designer on new {hardware}. Thomas Meyerhoffer — who was Ive’s first rent at Apple and labored alongside him on initiatives just like the iMac — designed the spherical retina-scanning Orb for Altman’s Worldcoin crypto venture. Orb was developed by Instruments for Humanity, an organization that Altman co-founded in 2019 and serves as the corporate’s chairman.

There’s at the moment no phrase on what the gadget will probably be, or what objective it serves. The Data claims that Ive and Altman, who’re pals, have been discussing what “new {hardware} for the AI age might appear like.” It’s at the moment unclear if the gadget will probably be created by OpenAI, Instruments for Humanity, or a third-party producer, or certainly if the duo will determine to construct the gadget in any respect.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son can also be reportedly concerned within the discussions with Altman and Ive. As soon as the richest man on this planet, Son has invested over $140 billion into AI-related startups over the previous few years and beforehand mentioned he would make SoftBank “the funding firm for the AI revolution.” It isn’t but clear if he’ll stay concerned with Ive and Altman’s plans.