Jony Ive, Apple’s former design chief, has confirmed his collaboration with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on a secretive AI hardware project. This partnership has been in the works for about a year and aims to create a device that uses generative AI to handle complex user interactions more efficiently than traditional software.
Ive’s design firm, LoveFrom, is spearheading the development, and the project has secured funding from the Emerson Collective, led by Laurene Powell Jobs. The team currently includes several key figures from Ive’s past work on Apple products like the iPhone.
Although the specifics of the device are still under wraps, the goal is to create an innovative AI product that could redefine user interactions with technology. The design is being developed in a newly acquired office space in San Francisco, with potential for significant funding by the end of 2024.
Earlier there has been speculation on this partnershipon how Altman and Ive are collaborating to build a …