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Jony Ive's OpenAI Device Won't Be Wearable, Court Filings Reveal

I see an AI Cat that walk around with me, that I can direct for certain things.
It must however have a very realistic mjaaou 😸
 
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julesme said:
I think he’s been desperately trying to 1) conceive the “next iPhone” and 2) become a billionaire in the process. It looks like he just achieved the second part.
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That money is theoretical at this point, it's shares in OAI, basically, and not just for him.
 
TwoBytes said:
Not a wearable? What could it be?
Is it a gentleman's circumferential tension ring?
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Court filing could be for another type, there may be a wearable version. That said, how is this a better idea than a more useful phone or watch? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
 
Was Ive responsible for the butterfly keyboard? Because if he was, I'm not buying this, whatever it is.
 
Mac Fly (film) said:
That money is theoretical at this point, it's shares in OAI, basically, and not just for him.
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OpenAI’s value is not ‘theoretical’ (though shares are fairly illiquid). Jony reportedly owned 11% of IO. 11% x $6.5 billion = $715 million. Add his earnings from Apple, and it’s not surprising that Forbes estimates Ive is now a billionaire.

Finally, OpenAI shares may be illiquid, but the company arranges secondary offerings from time to time so employees can sell shares.
 
Ive was only useful when working in tandem with Steve. Otherwise his ideas were out of sync with reality. It took him getting the boot from Apple for Apple products to get better and past this thinness obsession.
 
iZac said:
Its odd, we all heard of 'LoveFrom' but I never once knew of the existence of 'io' until they announced the purchase.

Was this company manifested as an offshoot of LoveFrom for the specific reason of being bought by OpenAI?

Also for some reason I have this strong conviction that the product will be a little soft aluminium pebble-shaped thing with a 360° fisheye camera in it so you can place it on a desk and it can always 'see' the room.

Then using its camera it can see the screen of the computer your using. You'll pair it as a Bluetooth 'keyboard and mouse' then you can just let it use the computer for you. Since it would have a camera to see the screen itself it wouldn't need deep access or an installed app.

You just talk to it and it just interprets and inputs whatever you tell it. You can pick it up and take it with you. Then it functions independently over 5G.

Yes this would easily turn into a Black Mirror episode of the pebble waking up in the middle of the night and browsing your PC when you don't realise.
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Wearable RE powered kickstarter concept.
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iZac said:
Its odd, we all heard of 'LoveFrom' but I never once knew of the existence of 'io' until they announced the purchase.

Was this company manifested as an offshoot of LoveFrom for the specific reason of being bought by OpenAI?

Also for some reason I have this strong conviction that the product will be a little soft aluminium pebble-shaped thing with a 360° fisheye camera in it so you can place it on a desk and it can always 'see' the room.

Then using its camera it can see the screen of the computer your using. You'll pair it as a Bluetooth 'keyboard and mouse' then you can just let it use the computer for you. Since it would have a camera to see the screen itself it wouldn't need deep access or an installed app.

You just talk to it and it just interprets and inputs whatever you tell it. You can pick it up and take it with you. Then it functions independently over 5G.

Yes this would easily turn into a Black Mirror episode of the pebble waking up in the middle of the night and browsing your PC when you don't realise.
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I see a big market for desktop, locking Faraday cages
 
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Don’t spoil the surprise. It’s going to be personal kino devices. :p🪩📸
 
iZac said:
Its odd, we all heard of 'LoveFrom' but I never once knew of the existence of 'io' until they announced the purchase.

Was this company manifested as an offshoot of LoveFrom for the specific reason of being bought by OpenAI?

Also for some reason I have this strong conviction that the product will be a little soft aluminium pebble-shaped thing with a 360° fisheye camera in it so you can place it on a desk and it can always 'see' the room.

Then using its camera it can see the screen of the computer your using. You'll pair it as a Bluetooth 'keyboard and mouse' then you can just let it use the computer for you. Since it would have a camera to see the screen itself it wouldn't need deep access or an installed app.

You just talk to it and it just interprets and inputs whatever you tell it. You can pick it up and take it with you. Then it functions independently over 5G.

Yes this would easily turn into a Black Mirror episode of the pebble waking up in the middle of the night and browsing your PC when you don't realise.
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Just pop your coffee cup over it at night and hey presto- it’s blind and can’t do anything.
 
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julesme said:
OpenAI’s value is not ‘theoretical’ (though shares are fairly illiquid). Jony reportedly owned 11% of IO. 11% x $6.5 billion = $715 million. Add his earnings from Apple, and it’s not surprising that Forbes estimates Ive is now a billionaire.

Finally, OpenAI shares may be illiquid, but the company arranges secondary offerings from time to time so employees can sell shares.
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Theoretical in the sense that if Ive doesn't sell his shares and competition devalues OpenAI, a company built on stolen data, then the shares lose paper value. Ive's Apple money wasn't being discussed.
 
Corefile said:
Ive was only useful when working in tandem with Steve. Otherwise his ideas were out of sync with reality. It took him getting the boot from Apple for Apple products to get better and past this thinness obsession.
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Ive worked well with Jobs, but he was not booted from Apple. He left and took many of his team with him, over time. Apple just made iPad Pro 5mm thin, will produce an iPhone Air, and about to make MBP thin again, rather than what they should, keep it thick, make it more powerful and give MBA more ports.
 
Not being a wearable actually has me more interested, but not having a screen? Is it just constantly listening to everything in your life and waiting for you to talk to it? A bit strange and I don’t trust OpenAI with that much data. Not even a little.
 
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TruthAboveAllElse said:
It is premature to say that since we don't know what this is.
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OK - based on rumours and what has come before it, do YOU want a device that might not have a display and relies on AI and a constant internet connection which might mean a service plan? I certainly don't and I'm not alone in that regard. Sales the Rabbit R1 and Humane pin fell through the floor showing that not many people want such a device even with a screen (or a display of sorts). If it could run LLMs locally which could reduce latency then perhaps...but this might limit the appeal.

I still stand by my comment.
 
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