Apple iPhone designer Jony Ive joins OpenAI in $6.5bn deal

Apple iPhone designer Jony Ive joins OpenAI in $6.5bn deal 1 hour ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images Sir Jony Ive, the hugely influential British designer responsible for the look of Apple's most iconic and successful products, is joining OpenAI. Boss Sam Altman said he was "thrilled" to be partnering with the man he called the "greatest designer in the world". OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is buying Sir Jony's startup, io, in a $6.5bn (£4.7bn) deal. Mr Altman said he was excited to "try to create a new generation of AI-powered computers" together. Sir Jony - who designed the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad - will "assume deep design and creative responsibilities" across the company, the two firms said in an announcement. Re-imagining the computer AI software has made rapid advances in recent years, spearheaded by ChatGPT. But developing new hardware based around it has proved more of a challenge - with several recent attempts failing to interest ... Read full article.