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Sam Altman and Jony Ive Will Kill AI Gadgets Long Before They Kill the iPhone

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Jony Ive and Sam Altman are working together to develop an AI-powered gadget.

In a reported $6.5 billion deal, OpenAI is planning to buy Ive's team and put everyone under a new umbrella called io.

There is no consumer-ready product to speak of yet, but the aspirations are likely high for Altman and Ive’s creation.

According to reports, the device will be “unobtrusive” and have no screen.

The shadow cast by Altman and Ive is orders of magnitude higher, and as a result, so are the expectations for whatever the two deliver.

That's a strength on one hand, since a lot more people might be interested in buying whatever io releases, but it's also a liability.

The great part is that either way, if Altman or Ive succeed where Humane and Rabbit failed or if they flop harder than, I don't know, Google Glass , it doesn't matter much.