The details are leaked about the device that is developing with Openai former Apple Designer Jony IVE. Openai IO is acquiring, which is co-produced by hardware-based AI startup Jonnie Ive, and the first product is one of the families of devices that the company intends to launch.
IVE and Openai CEO Sam Altman revealed the details about the project in an internal staff call The Wall Street JournalAccording to the report, the device is not a pair of glasses, given that IVE is doubted about making something to wear. This is not a phone, because IVE and Altman want to help people away from the screen.
Rather, it is described as a “third core device” after MacBook Pro and an iPhone. From the report:
The product will be able to be fully aware of the environment and life of a user, will be disinterested, will be able to rest in someone’s pocket or someone’s desk, and a third core device will be a person who will put a person on his desk after MacBook Pro and iPhone.
As Wsj The report, Altman, told OpenAII employees that it would be important for their final success to secretly avoid copying the product before getting ready. The team of IVE is said to be in touch with suppliers who would be able to ship the device on a scale.
According to Altman, Openai will “literally send 100 million devices on a day.” He also claims that the company will ship that amount of high quality equipment “” has sent something new before rapidly than any company. ” The goal is to release a device by the end of next year.
According to Altman, IVE gave them a prototype of the first device to take them home to test. “I have been able to live with it, and I think it is the best piece of technology that the world ever saw,” he said.
Openai’s acquisition of IO is subject to regulator approval and is expected to be completed in this summer. This is Openai’s largest acquisition ever, the company has allegedly paid $ 6.5 billion for IO.
