Confirmed: Jony Ive is working with OpenAI on a top-secret AI-powered gadget

Jony Ive, Apple’s former chief designer, has a new generation of device in the works, which he is working on in conjunction with the most cutting-edge company in the field of AI: OpenAI. Although this rumor had actually been circulating for several months in the technological circles, Jony Ive himself has now confirmed his collaboration with OpenAI in an interview with The New York Times.

The British-born designer, behind the design of the iPhone and iPad among other iconic Apple devices, has teamed up with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, to to create a new AI-powered gadget that aims to create less socially disruptive experiences than ubiquitous smartphones, According to the prestigious New York newspaper.

Not many details have been released about the device yet, but Ive and Altman have already raised funds for the project. investors such as Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Steve Jobs. And by the end of the year, the funds raised for the project could reach 1 billion dollars.

LoveFromthe design company founded by Jony Ive after leaving Apple professionally five years ago, is behind the new AI-powered gadgetThe company, which Ive co-founded with noted luxury designer Mark Newson, with whom the Brit previously worked on the design of the Apple Watch, includes former Apple employees such as Tang Tan, who once oversaw the development of the iPhone. LoveFrom’s portfolio now includes clients including Airbnb and Ferrari.

The device that Jony Ive and OpenAI are working on has the label of being top secret

Newson said in a statement to The New York Times It is still unknown what exactly the device Jony Ive is working on will look like. and OpenAI, and its launch date is yet to be determined.

The alliance between the former Apple design chief and OpenAI was reportedly forged over a series of dinners in which Jony Ive and Sam Altman reportedly animatedly discussed the power of generative AI and its potential to power electronic devices.

The AI ​​gadget Ive and Altman are working on together won’t be the first of its kind to hatchA few months ago Humane launched a device called AI Pin capable of turning almost any surface, including the user’s hand, into a mobile screen. With a starting price of $700, this “gadget” received both good and bad reviews and a good number of customers decided to return the device because it did not adequately meet their expectations. Neither Rabbit R1a gadget that sells for $199 and relies on AI to complete tasks, has managed to convince those who have been willing to try it.

Meanwhile, as the ultimate AI-powered device emerges to the surface, Apple, Google and Samsung are packing their smartphones with a plethora of AI features.

The gadget concocted by Jony Ive and OpenAI It aims to be useful without excessively distracting the user.who finds it increasingly difficult to look up from the smartphone of his loved ones.