OpenAI hints at a 2026 hardware reveal while Jony Ive’s io team hires more Apple veterans. Here’s what the new timeline and design talent suggest about OpenAI’s first device.
Jony Ive and Sam Altman reveal a playful, screen-free AI hardware prototype designed to bring calm, joy, and context-aware intelligence to everyday life.
Jony Ive’s AI hardware collaboration with OpenAI has reportedly been delayed, as the team struggles with privacy, compute power, and defining the device’s “personality,” according to the Financial Times.
OpenAI finalizes $6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive’s io Products to design AI-powered hardware. Ive and LoveFrom to lead design of a new, screen-free, context-aware AI device.
New court filings reveal OpenAI and Jony Ive’s mysterious AI hardware isn’t an in-ear or wearable device. Here’s what we know so far about this next-gen “third device.”
OpenAI and Jony Ive’s AI device “io” will be worn around the neck, featuring cameras and mics, and connect to smartphones and PCs, with mass production in 2027.
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OpenAI and Jony Ive tease a mysterious new AI device called ‘io’. It’s not a phone, it’s not glasses. Here’s everything we know so far.
OpenAI buys Jony Ive’s AI startup io for $6.5B to build a revolutionary AI-powered device that could replace the iPhone. Launch expected by 2026.