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Jony Ive's OpenAI Device Won't Be Wearable, Court Filings Reveal
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I suspect it’ll be like an updated version of the (original) iPod shuffle.
And like that device, I don’t think it’ll do much on its own.
It’ll likely have a camera, speaker and a mic and a processor to run a lightweight os (probably android) to deal with these things and to talk to your smartphone.
I suspect that it’s meant to be used in conjunction with the smartphone with the heavy lifting going on in the app on your smartphone and of course the cloud, with (presumably) connections to your email and calendar etc managed via that.
Perhaps later versions will be more independent.
But for now, I don’t see how they can produce a cheap enough device to give away as part of a subscription and one which they could produce millions of very quickly and cheaply.
And like that device, I don’t think it’ll do much on its own.
It’ll likely have a camera, speaker and a mic and a processor to run a lightweight os (probably android) to deal with these things and to talk to your smartphone.
I suspect that it’s meant to be used in conjunction with the smartphone with the heavy lifting going on in the app on your smartphone and of course the cloud, with (presumably) connections to your email and calendar etc managed via that.
Perhaps later versions will be more independent.
But for now, I don’t see how they can produce a cheap enough device to give away as part of a subscription and one which they could produce millions of very quickly and cheaply.
Anything’s wearable if you’re brave enough 🕺
You may not like the notch, sure. However, it is worth rising above subjective aesthetic feelings and seeing what Ive has achieved once again. If you draw a rectangle with rounded corners and a circle at the bottom, you have an icon of the iPhone model up to 8. If instead of a circle, you make such a funny rectangle at top, you have models from X to 14, and if you add a tablet, you have models from 14 Pro upwards. The notch like the home button and dynamic island (I think it is better than DI) is iconic. Has any designer from Samsung, Huawei or Motorola, having a few percent of the surface of the front of the device, created an iconic and at the same time functional solution? This is Ive's genius.
I understand that to some people, money is everything. And that kind of money ought to really make you not care about anything, but the truth is he once was relevant and now he’s not and that probably does get to him. I don’t want a device that is “contextually aware“ of everything around me at all times. I’d love to see a device that somehow enhances my privacy. Good luck to him either way.
You swallow it. It then lodges into your colon and then every thing that it puts out is crap.
Io was founded last year by Ive and three other people, and raised $225 million in VC capital before the OpenAI acquisition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(company)). The company wanted to develop devices, not provide design services like LoveFrom. Ive and LoveFrom remain independent and nevertheless will do design work for OpenAI. So the two companies are really for different lines of work.
There’s also currently a trademark dispute with the older AI device company iyO: https://www.theverge.com/news/690858/jony-ive-openai-sam-altman-ai-hardware.
…Altman apparently told OpenAI staff it's "the coolest piece of technology that the world will have ever seen" after testing Ive's prototype at home…
This reminds me of the hype surrounding the Segway.
This reminds me of the hype surrounding the Segway.
…Altman apparently told OpenAI staff it's "the coolest piece of technology that the world will have ever seen" after testing Ive's prototype at home…
This reminds me of the hype surrounding the Segway.
Hopefully it doesn't lead to a result like this:
Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
The millionaire owner of the US Segway firm dies after falling from cliffs while riding one of his company's motorised scooters.
www.bbc.com
Yes, "io" is a LoveFrom (LF) offshoot. Its staff, from LF and originally Apple, confirms this. OpenAI’s $6.5B equity buyout enriched Jony Ive and his team. This allowed Jony to sell a hardware venture while keeping LF’s brand and control intact. If io faces hurdles or legal issues (stolen data), LF remains unaffected, enabling Jony to continue unhindered. The separation frees LF’s remaining employees for other projects under Jony’s direction.
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Hmm, not wearable? How about edible, inhalable, injectable, or insertable?
Not AI but definitely over-processed, over-coloured, etc. They're in Francis Ford Coppola's Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco.
Rabbit, Humane, Friend. They all tried this and failed not just because the execution was bad, but the utility didn't exist.
He sold his company for $6.5b worth of "equity" that may never convert to anything liquid. He needs to earn his salary and he needs his new firm to actually generate profit before he dies.
My sister used to have this spider brooch that she'd put on her clothes. It totally freaked people out it was brilliant.
Indeed, Jony and his partners own perhaps 5% of OpenAI (who owns "io"), which is built on stolen data and probably greatly overvalued, were it even built on proprietary data.
Then battery life would supper, and still it isn't needed because we already have a watch and a phone.
If phones and watches didn't exist and GPT was more truthful and accurate then they'd be onto something. Given its Jony they'll surely make money, but longterm you wonder if they will have enough sales. Even making it a phone is a poor idea as they exist already and have the app installed. Perhaps the real reason for making this is GPT's attempt to not be replaced by another app.
Because he has more money than his future great-grandchildren will know what to do with (paper billionaire) and well, he’s not really into philanthropy or golf.
On a more serious note, he’s probably still trying to shake off the tag of Job’s’ pet designer (and in certain circles, Dieter Rams’ tribute act) and having a few of his Apple products in MoMA just isn’t enough. He obviously wants more attached to his legacy, beyond Apple.