How so? I don’t believe that Ive is going along with the purchase.
Nobody says what kind of hardware. A wearable is the likely bet. Maybe a home robot, but that's a few years out.
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OpenAI said it already owns a 23% stake in io from a prior collaborative agreement signed late last year. It says it will now pay $5 billion in equity for the acquisition.
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OpenAI said Ive will not become an OpenAI employee and LoveFrom will remain independent but “will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI and io.”
https://apnews.com/article/jony-ive-openai-chatgpt-52c72786e...
We are after all literally talking about the guy who called openai "open"ai? Even your kid knows that none of the words used need make any sense.