Jony Ive’s First AI Gadget? Clues Point to a Pen
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The hottest new collaboration in Silicon Valley is between OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and Jony Ive, the former Apple Inc. designer credited with giving iPhones, Macs and AirPods their sleek, covetous look. Altman bought Ive’s startup for $6.5 billion earlier this year, releasing a slickly produced video to tease a new “family” of devices that would let people “use AI to create all sorts of wonderful things.”
OpenAI has kept its plans a secret, but here’s what we know: The first so-called AI device won’t have a screen and it won’t be something you can wear, according to recent filings in an unrelated court case.
