Apple iPhone Sir Jony IVE designer joins Chatgpt-Maker Openai

Sir Jony Ive, the British designer greatly influencing the appearance of the most famous and successful Apple products, joins Openai.

President Sam Al -Taman said he was “pleased” in partnership with the man who called him “the greatest designer in the world.”

Openai, ChatGPT maker, buy Sir Jony, IO, in a $ 6.5 billion (4.7 billion pounds) deal (4.7 billion pounds).

Mr. Altman said he was enthusiastic about “trying to create a new generation of acting computers” together.

Sir Jony – which is designed by IMAC, iPod, iPhone and iPad – will bear deep design and creative responsibilities “through the company, the two companies He said in an advertisement.

AI has made a rapid progress in recent years, led by ChatGPT.

But the development of new devices around them proved that they were a more challenge – as many recent attempts have failed in consumers’ interest Attracting the ridicule of the auditors.

Mr. German has talked about his confidence that this partnership can succeed as others have failed.

“I think we have the opportunity here to re -imagine what the computer’s use means,” He said in a video that accompanied the announcement.

Sir Johnny said he believed the world was on the “edge of a new generation of technology.”

It may not go long until the new “family of devices” affects the husband.

Sir Johnny said: “The first to work on it, I think he had completely seized our imagination,” Sir Johnny said.

Mr. Altman said that he has already tried a preliminary model for a new device designed by Sir Jony and his team, and he believes it is “the most wonderful part of the technology that the world had ever.”

Sir Johnny has worked for Apple for 27 yearsHelping to revive the company using leading products including iPhone and iPod.

It also designed IMAC in 1998 and iPad in 2010.

When Sir Johnny left the company in 2019, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, described him as “a unique character in the design world and cannot be exaggerated in reviving his role in Apple.”

Apple shares decreased by more than 2 % after his partnership news with Openai.

He left to find his own company, Lovefrom, who worked with companies like Airbnb and Moncler.

In the announcement of the merger, she said Lovefrom “quietly cooperated” with Openai for two years.

I followed the idea of ​​IO, which was founded by Sir Johnny last year with others, followed this partnership.

Sir Johnny and Mr. Altman said: “It has become clear that our ambitions to develop, engineer and manufacture a new family of products demanded a completely new company.”

Openai got a 23 % stake in the startup before Wednesday’s announcement, according to the American media.

“It would be stupid to bet against Jony IVE, given his busy record of providing products that break down the market.”

He added: “There is no doubt that Openai loves to have a direct relationship with its customers instead of providing services through the devices that are prepared by Apple, Google or others.”

A few companies such as Humane AI and Try to build a rabbit Device devices for the era of artificial intelligence.

However, artificial intelligence, which was founded by former executive officials at Apple, Struggle with the artificial intelligence pin deviceThat faced criticism of the battery life, heat issues, limited jobs and high costs.

Openai led to a wave of investment in artificial intelligence in 2022 when Chatgpt was unveiled.

It continued to push new areas, such as shopping and research, in a challenge to existing technology giants.

The Formy Into Hardware comes where technology competitors such as Meta, Google and Apple are also investing in products such as headphones and glasses, with new opportunities due to progress in artificial intelligence.

Additional reports by Natalie Sherman