Openai pulled promotional materials around Jony IVE deal

Openai seems to have pulled It has been discussed a lot The video that enhances the friendship between CEO Sam German and the legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (in addition, by the way, Openai’s deal worth $ 6.5 billion to acquire IVE and Altman’s Device Startup IO) from Website And youtube page.

Does this indicate that something is wrong with the acquisition, or with plans to prepare design work in Openai? Not exactly, According to Mark Gorman from BloombergWho states that “the deal is on the right track and has not been resolved or anything like that.” Instead, he said that the judge issued a restricted order on the name IO, forcing the company to withdraw all the materials it used.

Indeed, a previous report on the Bloomberg Law indicated that the AI ​​IYO machinery maker has A lawsuit was filed against OpenaiWith the judge suggesting that it is open to the IYO argument that Openai’s promotional video may actually create a confusion for consumers.

Techcrunch communicate with Openai to comment. At the present time, at least, the video remains It can be shown on X.